im all shook up.

Being back in wakefield over last month my friend Nina let me in on a little secret from the neon workshop and I was surprised when i say this lovely sign in a quite industrial part of town, having visited on the spur of the moment sadly i could not get any of my own pictures that paid it justice, the blackberry just created a black background and a none de-script red blur in the foreground, my second visit was even less fruitful as although I came back fully prepared armed with my camera, the neon was not even switched on.

After a the month of searching for some information on the piece I was happy to stubble across these images today!! 

‘A human heart felt voice burning above the industrial setting of warehouses.’

Posted on January 9, 2011 by victoria_lucas

The project will begin on St Valentines Day 2011. A sequence of twelve quotes will be presented over twelve months in large red neon text. Visible from the railway, the work will be erected on the roof of the Neon Workshops studio in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

12 Months of Neon Love is formed using lyrical statements borrowed from well-known songs that feature the many configurations of love. Expressions of intimacy, adoration and heartbreak are visually re-presented to an unsuspecting audience going about their everyday lives.

On the 14th of each month, these significant and unique neon works will be auctioned on Ebay to the highest bidder. The next sentiment will take its place above the roof tops of Wakefield; a human heart felt voice burning above the industrial setting of warehouses.

images courtesy of http://12monthsofneonlove.blog.com/2011/01/09/coming-soon/