00:00 We did a call out to artists and 126 artists from around the world sent us proposals for
00:11 murals, which is kind of amazing. 126 people want to work in Corley, artists want to work
00:16 in Corley, which is fantastic. And then we worked with the playmakers to decide, we set
00:22 some criteria and decide who we would shortlist. Eloise was one of the shortlisters. So we
00:26 shortlisted 20 artists and then the playmakers chose out of those 20 which 6 artists we'd
00:33 commission. And so this mural is part of a series of 5 other murals, 6 in total around
00:40 the town that will become a mural trail when they're done. Two others are being installed
00:46 at the moment, one in the Sunken Tunnel in Eubish, just near Dawson Square, the shops,
00:51 and then another one which you could see if you're here over by County Mall, which you
00:57 might have walked past, but if you go that way.
00:58 Hi, I'm Eloise Gillow and I'm here painting a mural in Corley. I'm here in the town centre
01:09 at the moment painting this one. And it's part of a bigger project of a few murals that
01:14 are happening in Corley at the moment. And I'm going to be painting two, this one in
01:18 the town centre and one in the neighbourhood. And yeah, this one's been inspired by workshops
01:23 that I've done with residents from Corley and developing the themes that they suggested
01:30 that they wanted to celebrate about the town. So I've got a tree, very prominent in the
01:36 mural, which reflects the trees that are all around this space that we're in right now.
01:40 In fact this tree is specifically that one over there. I'm painting from that tree.
01:46 And then there's also people because one thing that came through from the workshops with
01:51 the residents was how important community is here and how much people look out for each
01:55 other. And so I've got people wandering around the green space and then on the other side
02:01 you can see there's a mother and child hugging. So that sense of togetherness and community.
02:07 They are all local people that have gone into this mural. And that was from a photography
02:13 workshop that I ran with local people earlier in the year to get inspiration for the mural.
02:18 But the tree on this side, we don't see their faces so the idea is that they're representative
02:23 of local people generally. Yeah, so I've come from Barcelona to paint here and I got involved
02:29 because I saw they'd done an open call for muralists to apply for this job. And it looked
02:35 like a really great project, especially because of the community process. So with this opportunity
02:41 to work with the community in order to develop the ideas which I think can help to make really
02:45 meaningful murals for the place. So I saw the open call and I applied and I'm lucky
02:50 to have been chosen to paint here. The other mural I'm going to be painting is on Broadfield
02:55 Community Centre. So it's in the neighbourhood and right in the heart of the neighbourhood
03:00 on this community centre. So that'll be in a couple of weeks time. And will there be
03:04 a similar kind of theme with it or will it be something different? There is a similar
03:07 kind of theme, yeah, of community and conversation. Yeah, so it's very much people focused as
03:14 well. But it won't have the tree, it's a very different shaped wall. So I've got 10
03:19 days in total for this one but I spent a couple of days preparing the surface, so putting
03:24 on a transparent sealer, primer to help the wall be less absorbent. So I think in total
03:31 it'll be about 8 days painting. So lots of work each day.
03:35 I'm the murals producer, I've been working with Creative Crawley since August I think
03:40 it was. So the process that Louise was talking about, I've kind of been involved each step
03:45 of the way. And then when it comes to the installation I just help oversee all the artists
03:50 as well. But I think it's been really great working with the Crawley residents and different
03:55 people because there's a real passion to see whatever it is that we're discussing
04:00 in workshops and things come to life. And especially being down on site as well, we've
04:04 got some really amazing feedback where people say "Oh this is just what we need!" and
04:08 it's sort of brightened things up. And some of them I'm like ticking off, this is what
04:11 our aims were. So it's brilliant to see from August to now things come to life. So
04:16 yeah, we're kind of halfway through the process, this is our third one, and then we've got
04:22 a couple more to do as well. So yeah, it'll be great to see what everyone's thoughts
04:26 are when it's all finished. It's really interesting to see, you know, it's quite
04:30 new the things that we're doing, but talking to, you know, whether it's the councils or
04:34 different building owners, I think there's a real want to make a change which is lovely
04:38 to see. And then hopefully this is the first of many mural projects because I think now
04:43 we've had a few different inquiries about "Oh I've got a wall to do a lot of mural
04:47 on!" So I think hopefully we can just be brightening up the rest of Crawley.
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