12m Pink Neon "Scandinavian Pain"

From the Barbican Arts Centre:

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For the Barbican's Ragnar Kjartansson exhibition this Summer, our Gallery Team are working with the artist to install a piece of artwork above Silk Street which will display throughout the duration of the exhibition. This will be a temporary artwork entitled Scandinavian Pain (2006), installed on the walkway above the parapet of the Directors' offices at Silk Street.

At the moment, it looks like planning permission will be required to install the artwork so Katrina and Leila will submit a planning application this week. Here are some brief points and more detail can be found in the attached documents (which include mock-ups of the installation):

· 12 metre-long neon sign in soft pink reading 'Scandinavian Pain'
· The sign would be up for a maximum of 58 days (10 July – 6 September 2016)
· The installation work will be carried out between 9am and 6pm
· Proposed to have the neon sign on every day from 10am to 9.30pm

We are conscious that this may affect residents (namely in Cromwell and Speed) so we are going to send Jane Smith some information to circulate to the House Group Chairs. Katrina and Leila will also attend the next Quarterly meeting on the 16th May to report on the plans further.