{"id":159864,"date":"2025-10-09T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/?p=159864"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:47:49","slug":"illuminating-the-ordinary-david-speeds-neon-goose-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/2025\/10\/illuminating-the-ordinary-david-speeds-neon-goose-installation.html","title":{"rendered":"Illuminating the Ordinary: David Speed\u2019s Neon Goose Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>David Speed\u2019s Neon Goose Lands at Warwick<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A radiant new mural has taken flight at the University of Warwick, a glowing tribute to one of campus life\u2019s most familiar faces.<\/p><div class=\"ad-wrapper ad-wrapper_margin_bottom ad-wrapper_center\"><div class=\"ad ad_728x90 ad_sm-down_display_none\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- InPostTop -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5759967585279781\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4065062506\"\n     data-ad-format=\"horizontal\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><div class=\"ad ad_300x250 ad_sm-up_display_none \"><!-- LatestNews-ResponsiveSquare -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5759967585279781\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1111596104\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Titled <em>Temporary Home<\/em>, the large-scale neon artwork by acclaimed street artist <strong>David Speed<\/strong> transforms the University\u2019s Piazza building into a vivid symbol of community, creativity, and connection.<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159865 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_24-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159867 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-1024x801.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-768x601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-1536x1202.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-2048x1602.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_7-800x626.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Created during Warwick\u2019s \u2018Welcome Week\u2019 (29 September \u2013 3 October), the mural celebrates the University\u2019s 60th anniversary through collaboration and light. Drawing inspiration from the campus\u2019 greylag geese, beloved mascots and icons of student life, Speed reimagines the bird as a geometric, luminescent figure soaring across the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cThis mural is a true collaboration,\u201d<\/strong> says Speed. <strong>\u201cI spent over 60 hours on campus, connecting with faculty, students, and the wider community to understand what Warwick means to them. The geese felt like the perfect metaphor, social, migratory, always returning to a temporary home.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Across his week-long residency, Speed immersed himself in campus culture, hosting masterclasses, lectures, and a live <em>Creative Rebels<\/em> podcast recording. Beyond the University, he collaborated with local schools, sparking dialogue around creativity and belonging across Coventry.<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159869 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-2048x1493.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_32-800x583.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159870 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_40-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The final design, chosen by student and staff vote, merges two of Warwick\u2019s defining emblems: the iconic greylag goose and the geometric form of the Faculty of Arts staircase. Together, they embody motion, ambition, and the architecture that frames campus life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201c<em>Temporary Home<\/em> brings colour, energy, and connection to the heart of campus,\u201d <\/strong>adds Professor Jonothan Neelands, Academic Director of Cultural Partnerships. <strong>\u201cIt reminds us that Warwick is a place of welcome and creativity, a temporary home that leaves a lasting mark.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Standing as both a luminous landmark and a symbol of community, <em>Temporary Home<\/em> captures what David Speed does best, <strong>turning light into story, and the everyday into something extraordinary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159871 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_43-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159872\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[159864]\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DavidSpeed_Temporary_Home_27-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/a><i>Photos by University of Warwick.<\/i><\/p>\n\n<p>Visit<a title=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/60\/retreat-to-create\/\" href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/60\/retreat-to-create\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/60\/retreat-to-create\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1760056880627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3moDoN_GyY-pgevRtjH_v7\">\u00a0https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/<\/a> <wbr \/>for more information<i>.<\/i> For more on the Warwick&#8217;s Cultural Strategy, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source=warwick-website&amp;utm_medium=short-url&amp;utm_campaign=uow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/about\/regional\/culture\/warwicks_culture?utm_source%3Dwarwick-website%26utm_medium%3Dshort-url%26utm_campaign%3Duow-culture-always-on-uk-2024-strategy--all-msr&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1760056880627000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0VyjHcSjno50B67L-culdE\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on the University of Warwick<\/strong><br \/>\nFounded in 1965, the University of Warwick is a world-leading institution known for its commitment to era-defining innovation across research and education. A connected ecosystem of staff, students, and alumni, the University fosters transformative learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and bold industry partnerships across state-of-the-art facilities in the UK and global satellite hubs. Here, spirited thinkers push boundaries, experiment, and challenge convention to create a better world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on David Speed<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Speed is a prominent London-based aerosol artist known for his signature neon pink artworks. Rising to prominence while painting the streets during the pandemic, he has become one of the most recognised creators in the UK\u2019s contemporary art scene. Using the brightest pigments available, his work explores themes of identity, connection, and untold stories. David also hosts the #1 podcast <em>Creative Rebels<\/em>, which champions creativity through the voices of experts across the creative industries, and mentors young artists to help nurture the next generation of creators.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Speed\u2019s Neon Goose Lands at Warwick A radiant new mural has taken flight at the University of Warwick, a glowing tribute to one of campus life\u2019s most familiar faces. 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