Report 4: Interim Evaluation


B.2 Art in the Park: Overview of projects



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B.2 Art in the Park: Overview of projects


This Annex provides a brief summary of each of the projects delivered as part of the ODA's Art in the Park programme

Figure B2: Art in the Park projects

Project

Location

Artist

Completion

Description

History trees

Various around the OP

Ackroyd & Harvey

Spring 2012

The planting of 10 semi-mature trees, each supporting a large bespoke metal ring to make the ten entrances to the Olympic Park

Steles (Waterworks)

Waterworks River

Keith Wilson

Winter 2011

A series of striking and colourful sculptures that connect the parkland with the river – they will be used for boat moorings post-Games

Mapping your manor

Various in and around the OP

Lucy Harrison

December 2011

An audio soundtrack to be listened to in the vicinity of each of the entrance market trees – tracks include poems, songs and memories from people who live or work near the Park

RUN

Copper Box

Monica Bonvicini

Spring 2012

Three 9m-tall letters forming the word 'RUN' made of glass and stainless steel. In daylight the letters will act as a mirror and at night the letters will become more transparent and glow with internal LED lighting

Light up your street

Various sites in Hackney Wick

Lucy Harrison

September 2011

The projection of song lyrics onto building in Hackney Wick over three evening events

Utilities buildings

Utility buildings in the south of the OP

Clare Woods/ DJ Simpson

Spring 2012

Two large scale works to be integrated into the facades of two utilities buildings – these will be highly visible in the legacy uses of the Park

Ifo spectrum

Northern Headhouse

Carsten Nicolai

Summer 2010

An alternative representation of the Olympic Emblem for the fence of an infrastructure building on the OP

Running water

Bridge in the north of the OP

Peter Lewis with Artichoke and Water Sculptures

Spring 2012

A constant and dramatic flow of water from one of the bridges in the north of the park

bit.fall

Viewed from 2012 Garden towards the Aquatics Centre

Julius Popp

Spring 2012

Five waterfalls each creating a continuous cascade of words

The Clouds Bridge

Angel lane bridge, Stratford

Nazareno Creg and Oscar Bauer

Summer 2010

A bridge painted with intricate patterns of cloud forms

Floating Cinema

Throughout waterways in the host boroughs

Somewhere and Studio Weave with UP Projects

December 2011

A floating structure with a varied and vibrant programme of on-board screenings, creative canal tours, talks and workshops as well as larger scale outdoor film events

Artists in residence

Park-wide and external venues

Neville Gabie and Samantha Wilkinson

December 2011

A series of projects that celebrate some of the stories of the people involved in building the park

Inter Alia

London 2012 Gardens

Grenville Davey

Spring 2012

An installation incorporated into the retaining walls of the Central Park bridge made up of 'finger prints' of different sizes

Underwhirl and One Whirl

Footbridge near the Velodrome and underpass under the A12

Martin Richman

Spring 2012

Incorporation of an art commission onto one bridge and the walls and ceiling of an underpass

Fast, faster, fastest

Bridge in the OP

-

Summer 2012

A light and sound trail passing across the bridge to give people a sense of how fast athletes run. The artwork is activated on either mast by the press of a button to select a race (ie Men's Olympic 100m).

Streamline

Footbridge to the Olympic Stadium and Greenway underpass

Jason Bruges Studio

Autumn 2011

Illumination of a bridge with an imaginary water surface overhead – the illumination represents the patterns produced by Olympic and Paralympic swimmers

Winning Words: Ulysses

Ulysses Place – Olympic and Paralympic Village

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Spring 2012

A programme of permanent poems throughout the Park including both commissioned poems for the Olympic Park and existing poems nominated by the public

Winning Words: Spark Catchers

North of the Park

Lemn Sissay

Spring 2012

Winning Words: Eton Manor

Eton Manor

Carol Ann Duffy and Stephen Raw

Spring 2012

Winning Words: Wild Swimmer

Near the Aquatics Centre

Jo Shapcott

Spring 2012

Winning Words: The Fun Palace

Near the ArcelorMittal Orbit

Caroline Bird

Spring 2012

Winning Words: Bicycling For Ladies

Near the Velodrome and BMX Track

John Burnside

Spring 2012

Memory Marathon

26 mile route around the Olympic Park

Simon Pope and Film and Video Umbrella

Spring 2010

A large scale participatory event covering a specially planned route through the host boroughs with 104 residents who recalled their stand-out memories from Olympic history

Fantasticology: Greenway Markers

The Greenway

The Klassnik Corporation, Rita Ikonen and We Made That

Autumn 2011

The use of graphic patterns from textured manhole covers in the area on vertical markers and 'entrance mats' into the Greenway

Fantasticology: Fantastic Factology

Park-wide

Spring 2012

A series of plaques on benches distributed through the Park each displaying a fact, which have either been submitted via a website or through a series of local workshops

Fantasticology: Wildflower Meadows

South-east corner of stadium island

A wildflower meadow celebrating the industrial heritage of the site

View Tube

The Greenway, Pudding Mill Lane

Lisa Cheung

Summer 2011

Built using recycled shipping containers the 'View Tube' provides a new venue and facility for local people and visitors.

Shoreditch Star

Five host boroughs

Shoreditch Trust

Summer 2010

An and arts and culture community engagement project themed around young people's views on public art and design, inspired by arts projects in the Olympic Park

four colours

The Royal Artillery Barracks

Amanda Westbury, Janetka Platun, Helen Ball and Susie Miller

Summer 2011

Artist led community engagement events to celebrate the Royal Artillery Barracks' role at a London 2012 venue.

KHost boroughs resident survey

This Appendix provides a summary of the survey of host borough residents. This survey was specifically commissioned to inform the meta-evaluation as it sought to gather information of the views, behaviours and attitudes of the residents in the six Olympic host boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.

The survey was conducted between the 27 February 2012 and the 27 April 2012.



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