Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

My video 'Interesting times' features the eleventh annual Sculpture in the Garden exhibition that takes place at the Harold Martin Botanic gardens in Leicester from July 1st to 28th October 2012. The popular exhibition sees a number of artists works displayed in the complementary settings of the botanical gardens which where established on their present site in Oadby in 1947.

A brief to design a poster for an 80`s themed disco fund-raiser for Leicester charity Menphys. The poster needed to evoke the themes and style of the 1980`s yet still needed to appear modern when displayed alongside a number of other posters on a noticeboard etc. The poster design needed to appeal to a target demographic of teens through to adults and fit alongside other posters and literature used by the charity. The final outcome is a largely text based layout with a striking Red colour scheme (the charity colour) with the main details offset at a 45 degree angle creating a dynamic form that takes its cue mainly from the majority of 1980`s electronics packaging. DFTGAWX6ZFEZ

Founded in 1985 as an event to keep the cultural traditions of the Caribbean alive the Leicester Caribbean Carnival is an annual riot of colour and music that twists, shakes and parties its way through the streets of Leicester every year this is my video of this years event.