The Pink Stairwell at Frank’s Cafe

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/

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95a Rye Lane
Greater London
England
SE15 4ST
United Kingdom

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