Crossrail Art Programme: The Culture Line or transforming transport into global iconic art.

On Monday, 25th of March 2013, Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, Crossrail has appointed Futurecity to work in collaboration to develop a visionary transport network art programme. The Crossrail Art Programme will bring world-class artists together with international architecture and engineering teams to create a permanent line-wide art exhibition across eight new central and east London stations.

Crossrail, working in collaboration with Futurecity, unveils plans for a permanent line-wide exhibition across eight new London stations.
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The Culture Line will colour the blank canvas of each station and create a cultural experience for passengers at Paddington, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Custom House, Whitechapel, Canary Wharf, Tottenham Court Road and Bond Street Crossrail stations.

Large-scale artworks will be permanently integrated into the new stations to deliver a vibrant transport experience for generations to come. The Culture Line is part of a wider focus to regenerate areas both within and around the new stations to improve passenger experience.

Crossrail and Futurecity are taking a unique step to work with eight of London’s leading commercial art galleries to assist in inviting world leading collaborative artists to submit proposals for the eight station installations. Crossrail’s stations will become art galleries showcasing large-scale artworks by some of the world’s most renowned artists, resulting in the largest collaborative art commissioning process in a generation.

Source: Futurecity