Trail and Error - Part 2

FRIDAY

Today was a little cooler and cloudy - so we resolved to continue our walk around the Trail and Error - looking for street art by Pro Pig (aka Professor Pigment)

We got up early and did some work in our office first - we don't want everyone to think we have a life of idleness and pleasure all the time. We are gearing up for our big re-launch of our award-wining game  Interference and Nathan is busy putting the finishing touches to that.

I was coming up with content for a future word game called BLUFFED - but more of that in a future blog. It's not easy running a small but awesome Indie Games Studio you know ;-)

But by lunchtime it was beginning to look dark and gloomy so we thought we'd better get a move on if we want to finish the trail before the rains came.

Stop 10 - Trial and Error

Behind bars!

We drove to College Road and continued where we left off yesterday - at Stop 10, where we found this text - behind a locked gate.
We couldn't get too close without risking arrest!



Stop 11 - Self Belief

Stop 11 took us down the canal path by Hanley Park and to another one we couldn't get close to - without getting wet! It looks like a cute kitten - but when you look at the reflection of it in the water - it is actually now a lion!
That's what it sees when it looks at its reflection.
There's a lesson there for all of us!

Stop 12 - Catapult Yourself to Confidence

We then came back up to road level to see this interactive art - with this chap just waiting to be catapulted into the street!

 It says "Pull to propel" I gave it a little twang :-)






We were nearing the end of the trail. The next one was a bit of a walk - to Staffordshire University's Film Theatre - where Pro Pig held his premier of his documentary - and surprised the audience to boot.

Stop 13 - Film Theatre

But more of that tomorrow!

We walked around the corner towards the railway bridge where we found the moving Stop 14 - which is a tribute to Lidice in the Czech Republic, which was almost wiped from the map by the Nazis on 10th June 1942. All the men and 52 women were massacred and many children sent to Germany.

Stop 14 - Lidice Shall Live

The massacre inspired Stoke city councillor Sir Barnett Stross and local miners to set up the Lidice Shall Live campaign in September 1942 to raise funds for the rebuilding of the village. There are still close ties between Stoke-on-Trent and Lidice to this day.








Stop 15 - If it's Good Enough for Rome, it's Good Enough for Home

So, on to the final stop - near the Spode site in Stoke. This is where Pro Pig's biggest painting is situated - covered over by a plastic panels to protect it.

It's his version of The Creation of Adam  by Michelangelo - love the fist bump :-)

We then went into Gallery One One Six where there is another exhibition of PP's work. We chatted to the lady in there and signed the guest book. She asked us which works were our favourites - we both said the Oatcake Duck!



For our office wall - for inspiration!

We made it to the end!

We bought one of the works - we wanted to put it in our office to inspire us to Defy the Odds.

So, we say thanks to Pro Pig for taking us around areas of our city that we have never seen before and for giving us much-needed motivation and inspiration.

We promise to Defy the Odds!