View Tube Art: Sparked 2011-12
Inspired by the public art pieces in the London 2012 Olympic Park, Sparked is an eight-month educational exhibition series as part of the View Tube Art Education programme, from October 2011-May 2012.
The View Tube sits on The Greenway in East London, next to the London 2012 Olympic Park, it is a community arts and education venue, with a cafe and bike hire.
Sparked is funded by The Legacy List, a new charity established to support the long term cultural, social and physical regeneration of London’s future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its surroundings.
Sparked is supported by Bow Arts
All this week the Metro is showcasing some of the commissioned artworks as part of the ODA’s Art in the Park programme, bringing public art to the Olympic Park. The above photo’s show Clare Woods’ Carpenters Curve (photo by Ben Fitzpatrick), inspired by her time working in the area in the 1990’s, Hackney artist Martin Richman’s One Whirl, a bridge over the River Lea designed using recycled glass, and DJ Simpson’s untitled punched aluminium piece (photo Ben Fitzpatrick).
BT Story Teller Andy Wilkes blogs about Monica Bonvicini’s RUN sculpture being installed by the hand ball arena as part of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s Art in the Park programme. RUN is three nine-metre tall letters spelling RUN, mirroring its surrounding during the day, whilst at night it will glow with internal lighting.
Read the article here with quotes from the artist.
Don’t forget, as well as the Sparked exhibitions highlighting some of the Art in the Park commissions, you can download a publication here detailing all of the works.
