Planning Permissions

In 2018 as part of the Ipswich Annual Biennial I made a series of speculative planning permission signs to be posted around Ipswich town centre. The signs exactly mimicked those used by the town council but were rather improbable in content. One was for an underground esplanade with drone seagulls, another for a moon rocket launching site and a third proposed a genetic splicing laboratory and attached petting zoo. There were some concerned calls to the council and eventually a representative appeared on BBC local radio to denounce my irresponsible actions. The signs were subsequently removed. 

The work presented here is the result of my daydreams about the realisation of the Rare Animal Petting Zoo, and the strange creatures that would emerge and create a sense of wonder in a town that really needed it. 

The works consist of a number of standalone green-screen gifs, speculative planning gifs and more involved animations that were made during a phygital exhibition at Small House Gallery, London.