Fabric of Society
In 2006, we tasked ourselves with replacing a tired mural on top of Telegraph Hill, South East London. We came up with the idea of asking people to show us the fabric they are most attached to, and taking inspiration from their stories.
This way, locals could participate by giving us a glimpse of who they are. We photographed the fabric on a fold and created a digital composite, carefully mixing patterns, colours and stories. This is our first large-scale digital mural.
The stories depict the varied relationships that people have to fabric. It also displays the depth of diversity of the local population (49 languages are being spoken in the neighbourhood) in a very indirect way.
Fabric of Society was adapted in 2010 to accommodate The Hill Station, a community cafe and art space that has been built by people in Telegraph Hill — a project that was partly inspired by how our artwork had changed the feel of the space.
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