Following a year where we have mainly been gazing out of our windows, we are now inviting you to look in.
The Show Windows is inspired by Wizard of Oz author, L. Frank Baum’s book about shop window design and follows on from the success of RIBA’s Regent Street Windows project in 2018. His term, ’show windows’ has inspired the project and the brief to architects and artists, to create immersive pieces that invite audiences to journey to other places, and to celebrate the locations and people that will help us display the artworks.
Discover Ben’s illustrations of ‘Cov as Oz‘ displayed around Coventry city centre and in previous UK City of Cultures – Liverpool and Hull from mid May 2021. You can scan the artwork with the Smartify app and step into The Show Windows portal to find out more.
You can see ‘Cov as Oz’ at these four locations in Coventry –
- Apps Living 28-34 Corporation Street, Coventry CV1 1GF
- BBC CWR Priory Place, Hales St, Coventry CV1 5SA
- Coventry Building Society 19-20 High St, Coventry CV1 5QN
- Transport Museum and Esquires Coffee Millennium Place, Hales St, Coventry CV1 1JD
Working with Coventry BID, RIBA, curator Charlie Levine, and our local city centre shops and businesses we have created a programme of ambitious window installations designed by local, UK based and international architects and artists. This project aids city centre recovery and helps us all embrace positive change post-Covid-19 lockdown.
These portals will inspire and excite all audiences, including the shop owners themselves, with local engagement being at the core.
Produced by Coventry UK City of Culture in Partnership with Coventry Business Improvement District, curator Charlie Levine, and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
