Good Vibrations
CLIENT - Linen Quarter BID, Belfast City Council Business Cluster
This project was one of your favourites of 2023. It demonstrates how street art can be a tool in placemaking. Telling a story, changing how we can see a place and changing how we feel about the cityscape.
Co-funded by Linen Quarter Vibrant District Fund and Belfast City Council Business Cluster & Community Grant as part of the “Great Expectations” regeneration scheme. This block was made famous for being one of the places where Terry Hooley ran his legendary Good Vibrations record shop, cementing Belfast and Northern Ireland's places in punk history.
The block previously was ignorably rundown. This project has created something iconic, eye-catching and remarkable.
We curated a fantastic team of artists to work individually and collaboratively to make this happen. The artists involved were Zippy, Peaball, Rob Hilken, Alana McDowell, and Matthew Knight (Not Pop). We invited the artist to join us at the OhYeah music centre, where, surrounded by iconic displays from the Belfast punk scene, we explored and developed the brief. Then we went for pizza at Pizza Punks (of course).
The artists were each given a section, and a common colour pallet was agreed upon. The logistics of wall permissions, design sign-off, paint orders, Lift hire, artist availability, and so. much. rain. made this a battle at times.
But a beautiful battle, which we think we won.
Punk’s not dead, yet.
Press Coverage
Since its delivery, this project has been picked up by a number of sources for its embeddedness in local history and the addition of high-quality street art into otherwise derelict areas. Below are links to these articles: