Redstart
Arts at A.P.T Gallery
PODIA
Local artists create public art for London 2012
Lewisham Council has commissioned
five creative organisations
and businesses in the borough to choose artists who will create temporary
projects using a sporting champions podium and the
theme of ‘everyone’s a winner’.
Taking the podium out of
the stadium and into an urban setting,
the artists will create their own artwork with a location to suit their
theme. Work started at the beginning of the year and will be
revealed at top-secret unusual Lewisham locations in April 2012.
One of the installations
by Bound for Glory (Zoe Hamilton-Peters
and Carlos Quiñones) has been photographed in progress.
Their work, based on a life-size hand-stitched consequences
game for children, allows the user to rotate different parts of an athlete’s
body to achieve a mix, representing a range of sports.
Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor
of Lewisham says: “We are delighted
to fund this exciting new art project that shows the huge amount
of creative talent we have in the borough. The concept of ‘everyone’s
a winner’ will, I hope, have given the artists great
scope and I look forward to seeing the installations revealed and
the creativity it has inspired.”
The organisations and their
selected artists working on the
podia project are:
A.P.T (Redstart Arts Project)
Cash
Aspeek and Chris
Marshall
Beep Studio
Ingrid Hu and Peter Ayres
Deptford Project
Bound for Glory
Deptford X
Deb Astell and Trevor Horsewood
Goldsmiths, University of London
Hannah Jones
This project successfully
gained a London 2012 Inspire mark, the
badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme, which recognises exceptional
and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.
Seb Coe, Chair of the London
Organising Committee of the
Olympic Games and Paralympic games said: “We want to use the power
of the Games to inspire change. The Inspire programme is recognising the
work our partners all round the UK are doing to help
us achieve this vision now – one year away from the start of the
games. I congratulate everyone involved in Podia for securing the Inspire
mark and wish you every success with your work.”
Work in progress can be tracked
at www.podia.org.uk along with more information about the project and
the artists involved.
www.podia.org.uk
For forther information please
email aptlondon@btconnect.com
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