Bright, fully enclosed stairwell painted entirely in bubblegum pink, forming a vivid monochromatic tunnel that leads from street level, up through a multi-storey car park, to the rooftop of Frank’s Cafe in Peckham. The stairwell is a permanent art installation titled ‘hi boo i love you’ by artist Simon Whybray, created in 2016 for Bold Tendencies. It occupies the access stairs of the Rye Lane multi-storey car park. The intense, unbroken pink and the confined vertical space create a powerful, immersive experience. A temporary portal that feels both playful and a bit like drowning in a bottle of Pepto Bismol.
Key features include:
- Complete pink immersion from floor to ceiling
- Industrial car-park architecture transformed into a single-colour, art installation
- The physical climb acting as a clear threshold between ordinary street level and the open rooftop
Photo Credits: https://www.ft.com/content/6ef6d65b-e970-40f2-8354-8960c31b10b1 , https://boldtendencies.com/permanent-artworks/

