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).
(photo www.paulgrundy.com)
The Metro reports on Neville Gabie’s extraordinary effort to sit on every seat in the London 2012 stadium, as part of his Artist in Residence for the London 2012 Olympic Park. You can see the final time-lapse video as part of Neville’s Sparked exhibition at View Tube from 28 January 2012.
Olympics artist-in-residence plays a stadium-sized game of musical chairs, Metro, 16 Dec 2011
