Last night saw the unveiling of the Digbeth Public Art Project. It seems visitors to Birmingham will be greeted with A hundred thousand welcomes as they alight from their coach at the new National Express station in Digbeth. Irish artist David Sherry’s work, the English translation of the traditional Irish greeting ‘Caed mil failte’, was developed using the handwriting of Digbeth resident Sister Sabina, an Irish nun who works with the homeless at the Sifa Fireside Centre.
Digbeth Public Art Project with artist David Sherry
David Sherry’s visual representation of the Irish Quarter is set nicely above Rob Colbourne and Stuart Mugridge’s Boundary fence of 320 individual bright red steel haunches, that rise in a curve from 2.2 metres to 6 metres.
After getting an eyeful of the public art at the launch, guests got to ride a nice, old red Midland bus, driven by these two handsome fellas from Aston Manor Road Transport Museum:
They were taken to The Electric cinema (which is about to enjoy its 100th birthday), where they got to enjoy a short film all about the development of the Digbeth Public Art Project.
