Digbeth
Birmingham, 2008-2010
The Digbeth Project was devised as part of the redevelopment of Birmingham Coach Station. Three artists were invited to make permanent site specific work in relation to the intersectionality of the site's function, social history and heritage within a wider framework that considered urban renewal and city planning.
Dave Sherry, A Hundred Thousand Welcomes 2009
Large scale back lit wall mounted text piece. The text is an exact replica of the handwriting of the late, much loved Sister Sabina. Sister Sabina was a nun nicknamed the ‘Mother Teresa of Birmingham’ because she founded and dedicated the last 22 years of her life to a charity based in the area (also known as the Irish Quarter) which provided food, clothes and bedding for people sleeping rough.
Rob Colbourne and Stuart Mugridge, Boundary 2009
181 linear metre steel fence consisting of over 300 individual forms that were painted Midland Red.
Every year the Birmingham Coach Station welcomes 1.6 million passengers to the city.
Funded by National Express, Arts Council West Midlands and Birmingham City Council.