CONSTRUCTION & STATIONS
“It’s to create a sense of unity between the artworks and to give the artist that guidance of what we’re open to. It’s completely up to the artist which avenue they choose to go down.”
Other ways to work with the themes available include screens showing animation, light, or moving text, as well as sculpture, wayfinding and “site-specific responses to the neighbourhood”.
Public perception
The potential for this programme to change the way passengers think about their journeys is huge, Andersen said.
She explained: “We’ve noticed in other major cities where they have engaged cultural organisations and [had] artists within their station spaces, that it’s been a much more positive passenger experience.
“That’s what we’re hoping to achieve with Crossrail. It just adds that added element to a passengers’ daily journey to and from work, or wherever they’re going; I think it will have a huge change in how London integrates art into their transport system.”
The rail industry was starting to recognise the importance of taking this extra step and
Crossrail has also just appointed its first ‘artist in residence’, Julie Leonard, who will create a ‘pictorial diary’ of the project, its people and construction scenes.
Crossrail chair Terry Morgan said: “We want Crossrail to enhance London’s reputation as one of the world’s great cultural and artistic capitals. We have embedded culture into the heart of Crossrail’s design and delivery because it is crucial to nurture the best creative minds, as well as the best commercial ones. We welcome Julie Leonard and look forward to her art, which has a humorous and creative take on everyday situations. Her art will help highlight for the public the huge level of activity underway behind Crossrail’s hoardings.”
Julie Leonard said: “I look forward to creating a body of work that will form a unique archive and
considering the aesthetic appeal of transport infrastructure and buildings, Andersen added. “There’s a much bigger focus on the idea of place-making and how a station environment affects local communities.
“We have major urban realm designs as well; there’s a whole range of factors that we’re taking into account. Organisations are realising that art has a huge significance in regenerating areas.”
visual legacy of places that people rarely see. My digital pieces will be an accessible, versatile and instant way to capture the challenges of building Crossrail. I hope the art will bring together the people working on Crossrail from the bottom up and those who will eventually use it. I see it as an opportunity to engage in the creative process, transfer my excitement about Crossrail and get young people working with me and learning about the project first hand.”
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