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South Bristol Community Hospital

The progamme of commissions at South Bristol Community Hospital includes a series of interior artworks by Grennan and Sperandio, and a colour collaboration with painter Estelle Thompson which resulted in coloured flooring around the interior of the hospital to help people navigate to different departments.

Grennan & Sperandio's twelve wall-mounted artworks based on favourite views of south Bristol were installed in August 2012. The vitreous enamel plaques are dotted around the interior of the new South Bristol Community Hospital at Hengrove Park, and show unique beauty spots and places with special sentimental value to people in South Bristol.

The circular blue-and-white form of the designs was inspired by the delftware pottery which used to be made in great quantities at Water Lane, on the border of Hengrove and Brislington, and reference the form of the 'cameo'.The artworks were made locally by specialist sign manufacturer Wards of Bristol.

The views were gathered from members of the public Simon Grennan met in January 2012 while researching the area, including the Walking Health Two Hearts group, sequence dancers from Broadoak Social Club in Withywood, and students at Eagle House in Filwood and Victoria Park Primary School in Bedminster. Favourite views were also received after publicity on BBC Radio Bristol and in the Evening Post.

Among the views identified by the groups and made into the artworks are the Withywood Senior Club House which has since been demolished, birds flocking on Leinster Avenue, Coronation Road, Bristol seen from Dundry, Hengrove Park playground, Filton Broadway in the 1960s and the Balloon Festival.

Grennan and Sperandio's work always involves the participation of members of the public. Their past projects include the production of collaboratively-made comic books, a series of large inflatables sited around Edinburgh, the US reality TV documentary series, Artstar, and Colchester Round, where four very different musical groups played each other's music.

To find out more about the project visit the artists' blog site at: www.southbristolfavouriteviews.com

Artist(s): Grennan & Sperandio, Estelle Thompson
Architect/Landscape Architect: AWW
Client: Bristol Infracare LIFT Ltd
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Exterior showing colour collaboration with Estelle Thompson

Exterior showing colour collaboration with Estelle Thompson, 2012

Exterior showing colour collaboration with Estelle Thompson View of atrium showing coloured flooring and two of the enamel works View of Bristol from Dundry, Grennan and Sperandio The balloon fiesta, Grennan and Sperandio View of Lake Shore (now flats), Grennan and Sperandio Hengrove Park Playground, Grennan and Sperandio Three rainbows seen side by side at the health park, Grennan and Sperandio Filwood Broadway in the 1960s, Grennan and Sperandio Withywood Senior Club Social House, Grennan and Sperandio Birds flocking on Leinster Avenue, Grennan and Sperandio View from a front room window on Broadbury Road, Grennan and Sperandio