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award-winning duo gained an in-depth understanding of how the spaces are used and the specificity of the patient demographics. Te bursts of colour and intricate designs installed throughout the department create a lively, stimulating environment that holds the attention of young patients – something which is particularly important in situations where intimidating and often scary imaging equipment is being operated.


Artists have also been commissioned to create works for non-clinical areas, such as Lauren Godfrey’s immersive installation What We Wore (2022), which fills Newham Hospital’s


three-storey atrium with colourful patterns derived from textiles. Te imagery flows across the walls, along the first-floor mezzanine and over a vast glazed facia, enhancing the experience of those entering and exiting the building. Colourful shadows cast by translucent shapes on the windows animate the walls and floor, changing throughout the day with the shifting sunlight. Godfrey took her inspiration from Henri Matisse’s cut-outs, the vibrant patterns of Te Memphis Group and fabric sourced from Newham’s Queen’s Market. Te specific motifs she has used originated in a series of creative workshops with hospital staff


and local students in which she invited participants to bring and draw patterned fabrics that had personal significance. Among the textiles were cloth from a student’s hometown in Ghana, a dress handed down across generations and a treasured shawl gifted by a late relative. Te original framed drawings from the workshops are displayed alongside wall-mounted wooden relief sculptures, each of which is based on individual shapes extracted from the sketches.


Vital Arts is currently working with the London-based artist Milly Peck to develop a new sculptural wall installation for Mile End


OWEN RICHARDS


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