Transport for London
Stratford Research Project
2008 - 2012
Lucy Harrison
Alan Kane
Stratford is the key station for the London 2012 Games and is currently undergoing a major transformation. Art on the Underground (AOTU) the art programme for London Underground (LU) is developing a major new series of artworks in and around the station in the lead up to and beyond the Games. To launch this new programme artists Lucy Harrison and Alan Kane have each been commissioned to produce a new project for Stratford station both of which make the local people the focus of their work.
Stratford Station
The commissions are the beginning of a new phase of artworks for Stratford and highlight a broadening for the overall AOTU programme. AOTU commissions artworks across the entire LU network and focuses on different aspects of artistic production, historical or architectural features of the stations, trains and rail networks, as well as looking at the unique social make up of the world’s oldest Underground system.
Reflecting Stratford station as a hub at the centre of a changing landscape, these artworks will be social in nature. Many will involve the local community directly in their development and production, each producing a different portrait of Stratford during this period of development and change.
Lucy Harrison has been working closely with local communities, businesses and individuals to explore and reveal the social networks that operate in and around the station and the nearby town. Her discoveries have been compiled in the form of a free newspaper with a difference. The Stratford Grapevine depicts the minutiae of daily life in the area as it experiences the first waves of epic change as the London 2012 Games approach.
Alan Kane presents The Stratford Hoard. His eclectic series of exhibitions will reveal the private collections of people who live or work nearby or have a connection to the station. The exhibitions will change at intervals over the summer to reveal an unusual, personal picture of Stratford’s locals through the contents of their attics.
If you would like to be involved or would like further information please contact 020 7027 8694 or e-mail art@tube.tfl.gov.uk
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