Trinity Leeds shopping centre has opened with its own collection of artworks, an iconic architecturally impressive glass roof with individually programmable LED’s and integrated and interactive digital media screens.  Art enlivens spaces, provides landmark places to meet, a talking point and different points of interest and is integrated into different aspects of the development. ‘Equus Altus’, Andy Scott’s packhorse is a central feature in the atrium and not so far from that is a unique and colourful gate located against the backdrop of Holy Trinity Church.    There are illuminated sunken, half halos, of curved glass seats nestling around the other side of the church  and the ‘Briggate Minerva’ on the main entrance to Trinity Leeds on Briggate itself. The Trinity Leeds Owl is like a gem, brightly gold and silver, perched high above for people to discover. The digital screens combine retail content, information with more interactive art based visuals.  Together these elements combine to bring retail, leisure, art, architecture animated by the audiences circulating.  Some artworks are purely aesthetic, interactive and others functional creating a fluid environment with colour, grandeur with some surprises

As part of the Trinity Leeds development Land Securities commissioned artists, in the region and beyond to develop permanent and temporary art interventions / installations.  It has been the desire of the Land Securities ‘Art Programme’ to create a series of engaging and culturally relevant artworks to enhance everyone’s experience of the new environments and thoroughfares being created, alongside offering shadow placement opportunities within the scheme.  The commissioning took place over an 18 month period between 2011 and 2013

Trinity Leeds is a retail scheme with interesting and quirky things to look at, engage with and sit on.  These functional and sculptural features have been developed with the design team alongside the development programme. The artists were commissioned over an 18 month period and they aim to be playful, informative and impressive. Art in public spaces enlivens destinations and creates a unique connection between the visitor and the artwork in the space.  It creates an opportunity to gaze, look, glance to engage, talk about, photograph, text, tweet and exchange opinions.  We have commissioned internationally renowned sculptor Andy Scott alongside regional artists who have dedicated their practise and attention to the city and shared spaces around the scheme

“Working on behalf of Land Securities and in partnership with the local authority has required us all to think about the layers of time and history of how Leeds has developed into the city we see today and indeed beyond.  Leeds has an impressive public art collection and here at Trinity Leeds we are contributing to the city’s next chapter by developing a private collection which sits within the greater city portfolio. ” Antonia Stowe

Interestingly, Leeds is now part of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle promoting fantastic venues and spaces for seeing sculpture and exhibitions.  We have a lot to offer and artists have been part of the cultural blood running through our region with impact globally