Aardman tease new public arts trail in Bristol
Posted on: 05 Jul 2017A new poster, featuring Wallace and Gromit, has appeared opposite the Bristol Royal Infirmary, promising that another project from The Grand Appeal is ‘Coming Soon’.
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The good people behind Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal are responsible for some of the most colourful additions to the streets of Bristol over the last five years, in the form of their Aardman public arts trails.
Gromit Unleashed was let loose in the city in the summer of 2013, with 80 customised replicas of Wallace’s faithful sidekick dotted through its streets. Two years later, Shaun the Sheep was given the same treatment, bringing the total raised for the Bristol Children’s Hospital to £6million.
Back in February, Aardman announced that another trail would take place in the summer of 2018, and a newly-erected billboard outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary appears to confirm this. The poster reads, ‘Another project from The Grand Appeal [is] coming soon’.
Though the identity of the latest Aardman character to be given the public trail treatment remains a mystery, speculation has been rife – check out our predictions here. Could 2018 finally be the turn of Wallace? Or would Bristol prefer to see the many faces of his nemesis Feathers McGraw? Could next year see selectors turn to another franchise entirely?
One hotly-tipped favourite is Morph, who this year celebrates his 40th birthday. To coincide with this, a three-metre ‘MegaMorph’ has been touring his hometown, spending time at various points around Bristol.
For more information on the works undertaken by The Grand Appeal, head to their website. Check out our preview of the next public arts trail here.
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An ardent Geordie minus the accent, Sam seemingly strove to get as far away from the Toon as possible, as soon as university beckoned. Three undergraduate years at UoB were more than ample time for Bristol (as it inevitably does) to get under his skin, and so here he remains: reporting, as Assistant Editor, on the cultural happenings which so infatuated him with the city. Catch him at sam@365bristol.com.
