Image: Matthew Cooper
A decorated shop front at night time. To the right is a blue shimmering sign takes up a whole vertical window panel. It says in white lettering 'Soft + Silky' in large lettering. The words 'like silk pyjamas' in capitals is underneath, cut out from a white strip so that that background forms the lettering.
A decorated shop front at night time. To the right is a blue shimmering sign takes up a whole vertical window panel. It says in white lettering 'Soft + Silky' in large lettering. The words 'like silk pyjamas' in capitals is underneath, cut out from a white strip so that that background forms the lettering.
Photos: Matthew Cooper
Soft and Silky
Raised acrylic lettering on a sequinned backplate with recessed light. The visual inspiration is 1980s seafront lighting and nightclub signage.
READ THE TRANSCRIPT
Listen to the artwork audio
Signs of the Times Strawberry, raspberry ripple, banana, mint choc chip, chocolate… My friends like chocolate. Belgium chocolate… There’s a lot of chocolate. Chocolate orange… Swiss chocolate… Mint choc chip, pecan, cookies and cream, cookie dough, strawberries and cream, Neapolitan, raspberry cheesecake, mint choc chip, banoffee pie… I want to say vanilla. Lemon meringue and… I want to say vanilla. Tootie fruitie… I want to say vanilla – like, no-one actually chooses vanilla. I see ice cream. Pistachio, hazelnut, caramel, rum and raisin, cinnamon… Cinder toffee. Mint choc chip… Salted caramel, apple crumble… Blackcurrant apple crumble. Lemon cake, apple crumble. Mint choc chip. Lemon top, lemon top, lemon, lemon, lemon top. Vanilla sorbet with red berries. Mint choc chip. Rhubarb, rhubarb, yellow peach, rhubarb, rhubarb, fruits of the forest, rhubarb, rhubarb, whisky cream. Passion fruit and prosecco, lime and basil, coffee, liquorice… Ice cream’s cold and coffee’s hot. Amarena cherries, mango sorbet, mint choc chip. Either strawberry or raspberry ripple. Or raspberry ripple, or raspberry ripple. Probably raspberry ripple because everyone thinks “oh, that’s posh!”. And vanilla. Signs of the Times. I’m sad that it didn’t dye my tongue black – it looked dyed black but then it wasn’t – it was just leftover ice cream.
LOCATION
Thank you to the artists at Mandy Apple for giving up half of their window space to this project. Their sign will add to their eclectic mix of art on show both in the window and inside the shop.
Mandy Apple: Mandy Apple Collective is a Scarborough-based art collective with the goal of bringing more public art, skill sharing and weirdness to the Yorkshire Coast.
LOCATIONS
1. Brunswick / Bus Stops
2. Mr E Escape Rooms
3. Twenty Two Bar Street
4. Explore Indie / Grind Coffee
5. Furniture Works
6. Mandy Apple Gallery
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The Signs of the Times project has been commissioned by the Town Centre Team in Scarborough and is funded by the Yorkshire Coast BID.
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