City
Canvas – Liverpool Stories Documentary
City Canvas is a short documentary, which
focuses on street art from artists perspectives. Through a series of interviews
with local Liverpool organizations as well as the artists themselves, the film
will aim to document the idea that art on the streets should be celebrated.
Liverpool, the former Capital Of Culture,
is renowned for its street art. Even the most prolific artists like Bansky have
been said to use the city of Liverpool as they canvas. However, there are also other artists turning
to the streets to showcase their work across the city, which the film will aim
to capture and shed light on what it is about the streets that draws artists to
use them as their canvas.
The film will incorporate interview footage
as well as cutaways to artwork that us as filmmakers will discover whilst
walking the streets of Liverpool. The film will start by introducing Liverpool
as a city filled with culture and known for its art, and will then unravel the
story of art as a celebration through the words of local artists and
organizations from a first hand account. We aim to discover and capture on film
a true account on what they believe art brings to the city of Liverpool and
their views on how it should be perceived in a celebratory way. We aim to
capture true accounts and experiences of how art has been used in a positive way and what specifically excites
them about creating their artwork outside on the streets.
When researching we came across a business
called Zap Graffiti who run events to promote graffiti as a positive art form.
Each weekend they run workshops in Liverpool to help develop the skills of
upcoming graffiti artists. We have managed to secure an interview with Keiran
from ZAP Graffiti for Wednesday afternoon, and we are hopeful that their
positive outlook on street art will add an interesting layer of meaning to our
documentary. We have also contacted Urban Canvas and some local artists who
have expressed potential early interest, and are currently in the process of
developing our film further and securing a location for the interviews to take
place within.
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