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Midlands Mosaics

Sneak Peak at Machine Dreams and Sun Beams mural

We commissioned distinctive artist Alec LDN to create a new signature artwork in Kingfisher, Redditch

In partnership with Reimagine Redditch, Arts in Redditch and the Kingfisher Shopping Centre, the Midlands Mosaics project at the University of Birmingham commissioned an artwork for installation opposite Vue Cinema in the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch.

Redditch people told Midlands Mosaics their favourite images from the Redditch Mosaics by Eduardo Paolozzi.

Our brilliant artist alecldn (Alec LDN) used the responses from this survey to help him when designing this new mural celebrating the Paolozzi mosaics.

Check out the whole of this massive new signature artwork for Redditch Town Centre today!

Join unveiling event of new mural Machine Dreams & Sun Beams

Thursday 9th July 2026, 4-8pm 

 

Since 2022, more than 1,000 people have shared their ideas and taken part in creative activities about public art, colour, Redditch, and Eduardo Paolozzi’s iconic mosaics.

The result is a new public art commission opposite Vue Cinema in the Kingfisher, which reimagines Paolozzi’s original mosaics with Redditch people’s ideas in full view.

On 9th July, join us to celebrate the launch of Machine Dreams & Sun Beams, a new public artwork by Alec Saunders and Redditch people.

We will run creative activities in Kingfisher Centre under the mosaics (Milward Square) from 4pm to 5.45pm followed by a ticketed event in the Kingfisher where guests can hear from the project team, artist Alec Saunders, and local poet Spoz who will perform a poem about the late artist Eduardo Paolozzi. Following the talks, guests will get to see the new installation.

Places are limited. Please book via Ticket Source to guarantee your place.

Voting closed for your favourite images from Paolozzi Mosaics in Redditch

Thank you for telling Midlands Mosaics your favourite images from the Redditch Mosaics by Eduardo Paolozzi (inside Kingfisher, Redditch).

The responses from this survey will be used to help design a new mural celebrating the Paolozzi mosaics.

The Concept

In partnership with Midlands Mosaics, the University of Birmingham, Arts in Redditch, and Kingfisher, Redditch, Reimagine Redditch is commissioning a new mural celebrating the Paolozzi mosaics. Responses from a public survey will be used to help design the mural, which will be installed in Redditch in spring 2026.

In our workshops and events, people have told us they want to see a new mural celebrating the Paolozzi mosaics.

By creating a new artwork for display in Kingfisher, Redditch we hope people will feel inspired by Redditch’s cultural history and proud of the creative people and projects developed for the borough and town.

The mural will contribute to the growing and evolving range of new public art being created through our Paint the Town Redditch project.

Paint the Town Redditch is a broad programme of public art, which brings physical and digital artworks to the borough, both co-created with local people and others which are artist led. The artworks are developed and installed across different neighbourhoods in Redditch.

Partnership with University of Birmingham

The Midlands Mosaics website is part of an ongoing collaborative and community-based project to explore and celebrate arts and industry in the Midlands, beginning with influential twentieth century artist Eduardo Paolozzi’s presence in public artworks across the Midlands.

Midlands Mosaics is led by Dr Dorothy Butchard (Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Digital Cultures) and Niall Gallen (PhD student in Languages and Literature, University of Birmingham).

Since 2023, Midlands Mosaics have worked with project partners to invite local residents of Redditch to explore the Redditch Mosaics by Eduardo Paolozzi with a mix of creative workshops and information about their history and context.

Objectives of the Project 

The Midlands Mosaics project begins with the vibrant mosaics by artist Eduardo Paolozzi in Redditch Town Centre, installed in 1983. The Mosaics are a fantastic example of work by a brilliant and influential 20th century artist.

We aim to make these mosaics more accessible and visible, with resources that explain their context and craftsmanship.

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