Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

With 48 large scale murals across the city Bring The Paint returned bigger and better than ever to Leicester in 2022. In a celebration of graffiti culture, artists from around the world descended on Leicester to bring their unique styles to various locations throughout the East Midlands city. My film features a sample of the festival showing the artists at work and whilst I've not been able to include all 48 works I hope it gives a flavor of the pieces being created by the talented artists. Look out for new takes on well known characters and original works by world class artists and even a 3D piece in the Highcross Shopping Center.

Light Up Leicester saw the streets of Leicester come to life with a collection of interactive illuminated artworks, a digital take on traditional light festivals, each of the large-scale installations interacted with people through sound or sensors, reacting to light, temperature or humidity levels, or responding to data via an internet connection. Three new pieces where specially commissioned for the festival and where shown in Leicester for the first time. The installations created a stunning night-time spectacle in Leicester city centre. Each of the pieces encouraged interaction by the public transforming the night-time ambience in Leicester city centre during the four days of the festival. Light Up Leicester is presented by Leicester City Council, BID Leicester and ArtReach. It has been made possible by the support of Arts Council England.

I was asked to create a design to feature on a cake and on social media etc celebrating the BBC Radio Leicester Arts show The A Word`s first year on air. The design needed to be simple and easily reproduced with clarity on the icing of the cake so the presenters faces where stylized. The A Word logo created previously by myself was adapted to fit the design and has gained some musical notes to highlight the coverage of new music by local artists that the A Word is also known for.    The end result a cake with my design on top for everyone to enjoy.  Bonus: BBC Presenters. Geeta Pendse And Andy Pierce (AKA: Andy P The Soul Man) hold a card I made wishing the A Word a happy 1st Anniversary on air.

On 16th June Mod scooters and their owners gathered in Leicester`s New Market Square for an event called #Scooterama, The event, which is part of the Revive festival in the city, took visitors back to the 1960`s with a DJ spinning music from the era and all sorts of immaculately polished scooters parked all around the square. Each scooter reflected it`s owners personality and bright colors and chrome mirrors shone in the afternoon sunshine. My film shows a few of the scooters and their owners and attempts to give a feeling of the event.

Steli is an interactive urban performance by Stalker Teatro that resembles a game of giant pick up sticks. The work starts off with a few small structures before the public are invited to join in and complete a visually striking piece of contemporary artwork exploring the themes of living and inhabiting architecture in post-industrial cities. My film aims to show the piece as it takes shape with a live soundtrack provided by an on site DJ mixing in sounds from various sources including his own voice to create a soundscape as varied as the artwork itself. The performance was part of The City Streets Festival which itself is part of The City Festival in Leicester a collection of festivals bringing street entertainment, sports, Culture, Music, Art, Heritage, and more in a city wide celebration of Leicester.