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, Futurecity, London, Transport

Extraordinary art installation by Studio Random International closes this week at the Barbican Museum in London. This spatial experience has been the talk of the town.

Exhibition, London, Random International, The barbican

Upravo su predstavljeni novi predlozi za čuveni tzv. četvrti postament na Trafalgar skveru. Ovaj postament, podignut sredinom XIX veka sa ciljem da se na njemu postavi uobičajena statua monarha na konju, a koji je sticajem različitih okolnosti ostao prazan, korišćen je na različite načine, da bi se već duže vreme na njemu smenjivale postavke dela savremene umetnosti. U okruženju odmerenog klasicističkog nasleđa, skulpture koje se smenjuju na četvrtom postamentu uvek predstavljaju kulturni i prostorni incident, provokaciju, često na granici dobrog ukusa. Aktuelne predloge procenite sami - da li su izvanredni primeri savremenog umetničkog izraza i vešti prenosioci ključnih poruka, ili nemaštoviti i vulgarni odrazi potrošačkog društva. Zvanični sajt programa The Fourth Plynth.

London, Public art, The Fourth Plynth, Trafalgar Square