1000 FACES OF THE MALL

A Unique Community Art Project Celebrating The Diversity Of Today’s Britain The Mall, the UK’s leading community shopping centre owner and operator, is undertaking a unique art project capturing 1000 images of its shoppers and local community heroes from across the UK. The idea was born from ‘The 1000 faces of E17’, a photographic celebration of the cultural diversity that exists in today’s Britain and in particular Walthamstow, East London, where the original project took place.

Hal Satterthwaite, the artist behind the original 1000 Faces, was asked to join forces with The Mall by Chief Executive, Ken Ford, to re-create the project on a national scale visiting 23 shopping centres across the UK capturing a snapshot of each local community.

The chosen faces will be a creative representation of the communities that live around each Mall, whilst recognising and celebrating the value that each individual contributes in shaping their local society.

During an 11 week tour of The Mall’s 23 shopping centres that stretch from Aberdeen to Southampton and Norwich to Bristol, Hal will take some 34,500 shots these images will then be joined together to form a extraordinary work of art which will be exhibited in all the Malls.

Ken Ford, Chief Executive of The Mall comments: “This initiative is about celebrating the people within our local communities. Our shopping centres form the hub of their neighbourhoods and provide us with a unique opportunity to observe, enrich and become an integral part of the communities that we serve; we are using the 1000 Faces of The Mall to display this in a unique and innovative way.”

Hal Satterthwaite, comments: “It is a really exciting project to be asked to produce 1000 images that will be representative of so many different communities across Great Britain. The challenge is to find that special something in each person and effectively convey that in my photography. Once it’s completed it will be quite unlike any other piece of art and will be a unique celebration of the people at the heart of today’s Britain.”

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For further information please contact: Jessie Lord, Redwood Consulting, 020 7828 5553 jessie@redwoodconsulting.co.uk

Notes to Editors

Hal will visit the following shopping centres on:

The Mall Epsom 26/05/07
The Mall Romford 01/06/07
The Mall Camberley 06/06/07
The Mall Bristol 07/06/07
The Mall Gloucester 14/06/07
The Mall Sutton Coldfield 15/06/07
The Mall Southampton 19/06/07
The Mall Norwich 22/06/07
The Mall Chester 24/06/07
The Mall Preston 27/06/07
The Mall Blackburn 28/06/07
The Mall Barnsley 06/07/07
The Mall Middlesbrough 07/07/07
The Mall Aberdeen 14/07/07
The Mall Maidstone 20/07/07
The Mall Bexleyheath 23/07/07
The Mall Uxbridge 26/07/07
The Mall Edgware 30/07/07
The Mall Wood Green 03/08/07
The Mall Luton 07/08/07
The Mall Ilford 09/08/07
The Mall Walthamstow 11/08/07

The Mall The Mall is the leading owner and operator of community shopping centres in the UK. The Mall currently has assets of £3.171 billion in 23 shopping malls, establishing The Mall as the UK’s community shopping centre brand. The Mall is home to over 2,300 retail units and sees 5 million shopping visits a week. The Mall Fund is a specialist property fund managed by Capital & Regional and Morley Fund Management.

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