The Runner
For 2020-21 Faith has reimagined The Runner once again – painting each of the seven life size figures a different colour of the rainbow, which has become a symbol of hope and strength during the Covid-19 crisis. This new colour scheme is a way to acknowledge the extraordinary time we’re living in and particularly thanking essential and key workers. The temporary installation has been organised by dot-art and funded through Liverpool City Council’s Without Walls project, which is designed to fill the streets with cultural content and encourage audiences back into the city centre after the COVID-19 crisis.
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The Runner (in orange) first visited Mersey River Festival in 2019. The River Festival is a much loved part of the Liverpool cultural events calendar, and each year, visitors’ flock to the World Heritage Waterfront to be part of this special, family friendly weekend on 31st May 1st and 2nd June 2019. Faith was invited by Culture Liverpool to feature an artwork in the Changing Tides programme at this years festival. The chosen piece is The Runner a sculpture sequence of seven life size figures depicting the act of running. With fantastic technical help from Blue Point Marine the sculptures actually managed to run on water!
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The Runner (in bright yellow) was originally created for ‘Liverpool Discovers’ temporary Public Art Trail 2011, commissioned by Wild in Art & Liverpool Lantern Company, funded by Liverpool City Council. 'The Runner' celebrates and highlights Liverpool's links to the modern Olympic games. The work was part of a citywide trail featuring artworks by twelve artists including David Kemp, Carrie Reichardt and Andy Hazell.
