Artist/Collective for Mural Realisation in Chestnut Road, London

Background and rationale:

Your Streets Your Way is a street design competition which gives the public the opportunity to redesign local locations to make them more attractive to spend time and walk, wheel and cycle through. All of the locations in the competition are in the Low Traffic Neighbourhood areas and have been strategically chosen or through feedback from residents. Lambeth is seeking an experienced muralist or collective who can work to a tight deadline to realise the mural by Autumn 2023.

This year, Lambeth Council launched the second edition of Your

Street Your Way Design Competition, where the public were invited to submit their ideas to redesign various locations across the borough. We are now looking for a muralist or collective to work alongside Lambeth Council and the location winner to adapt and realise the winning design.

Commission purpose

This commission is part of the Your Street Your Way Design Competition Project: https://www.your-streets-your-way.xyz/. Please also see attached pack for more details on the winning design.

The mural will be used to:

• Beautify and brightening the space
• Celebrate the history of the are

How to Submit proposals for this Request

Your submission

The competition is open to any collective or group of artists with a track record of delivering street artwork of comparable scale in the public realm.

Demonstrate how you meet the assessment criteria outlined below. Please include:

• oAn estimated timeline of work
• oEvidence (e.g. portfolio or website) of previous work
• oRationale for materials proposed to realise the design
• oA full costing for time, materials, equipment and any other

Timeline:

Application deadline: 4 September 2023

• Winner Announced: 8 September 2023
• Starting of work: 11 September 2023
• End of work: 27 October 2023

You will find an attachment outlining the detailed requirements of this Request for submissions.