LeedsBID | A Year in Review 2019 - 2020

Brought to you by LeedsBID 2019–2020
ANIMATING ADDITIONS
to the Leeds Landscape
An ongoing investment in inspired animation has
seen LeedsBID bring installations and activities
to life, while celebrating the city’s creative and
cultural core.
Damien Hirst's eye-catching painted bronze
sculpture Hymn stood 6m high on Briggate
as part of the inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture
International - the result of LeedsBID input
and investment. Its Proper Art, created by a
global collective of readers and writers Found
Fiction and brought to the city by LeedsBID,
transformed Leeds city centre into a street
art gallery. A dozen landmark buildings and
locations became works of art with faux art
gallery descriptions, driving audiences to look
closer to discover inspirational stories in these
everyday places.
The city’s trail of multi-coloured pianos – the
result of a collaboration between LeedsBID and
Leeds International Piano Competition to mark
the 2018 event - continued to provide musical
interludes throughout the year with a series of
planned pop-up performances, while providing
a platform to showcase the musical talents of
people passing by.
The ever popular Summer in the City returned
with LeedsBID bringing 12 weeks of activities to
key office areas and providing added ingredients
to enhance the working day. People could
enjoy everything from live music, outdoor
yoga and rooftop tai chi to simply relaxing on
the deckchairs dotted around the city centre
to watch the latest sporting action on the big
screen. With a focus on wellbeing, mental
health first aid training, mindfulness workshops
and a menopause café were also part of the
programme to help offer additional support to
people in the workplace.
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