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ART TASK

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Graffiti and Public Transport

When I think of art that I see when I’mtravelling, I usually first think of graffiti!Graffiti is marks, scratchings or drawingsmade on a surface on a public place. It isoften created with paint or spray paint. It cantake the form of art, drawings or words.

When done without a property owner'spermission it is considered vandalism and isa crime. Often, we see this type of graffitialong train tracks or at stations.

There is another kind of graffiti, however,that is very popular and linked closely withthe London transport system. My favouriteplace to go and see talented graffiti artistswork is in the tunnels under Waterloo station(picture on the left)!

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Have you ever seen a piece of art at a tube or train station that isn’t graffiti in London? How about on a bus?

Why do you think they put art in stations or on public transport? What is special about the location?

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What if I told you that the tube logo itself is a work of art? Or the tube maps?

What do you think the artists wanted to show with these pieces?

Which one is your favourite? Why?

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Art on the UndergroundDid you know that there is an actual project to create art for the London transport system?

Art on the Underground is London’s largest art programme, bringing some of the world’s best artists to everyonetravelling across London. In all their projects, large and small, temporary and permanent, they help connect Londoners to their environment, community, history and future.

With artworks in all 33 London boroughs and in every one of London’s 270 Tube stations, Art on the Underground provides an opportunity for people of all backgrounds to have their lives made richer and more enjoyable through art.

Have you ever seen a piece of art on the underground?

If you follow the link and look at the sixth slide, you can explore a map of the underground that plots all of Art on the Underground’s current projects.

https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/?numPosts=16&pageNumber=&autocomplete=&autocompleteText=&archive=0&action=projects_loop_handler

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Mark WallingerFor London Underground’s 150th Anniversary in 2013, Art on the Underground commissioned Turner Prize winning artist Mark Wallinger to create Labyrinth, a permanent artwork for every single Tube station on the network! Each piece shows a unique circular Labyrinth and uses bold black, white and red graphics.

The picture on the right shows the artist standing next to his piece at St James Park tube station.

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What influenced his design?

Mark’s idea had many influences:

• It uses some of the same designs that are used in the tube stations both in terms of graphics and materials (it is made of enamel like lots of the tube signs).

• Millions of people take journeys by tube into the centre or to a destination and back out again, like in a Labyrinth.

• We are all unique and have our own patterns and habits. Mark’s aim was to represent these ideas in the Labyrinth artworks.

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Each Labyrinth has a number handwritten by theartist in the bottom right corner. The numbers from1 to 270 refer to the order of stations visited in theGuinness World Record ‘Tube Challenge 2009’.

As you can see in the example of a Labyrinth at Kings Cross, at the bottom of each Labyrinth is a red X. This simple mark is a cue to enter the pathway – this pathway represents a tube traveller’s journey. Why not try tracing the pathway with your finger next time you’re at your local tube station?

A Labyrinth only has one route to the centre!

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LABYRINTH DESIGN FAMILIES

Here are some examples of

the standard designs used by

Mark.

What is similar about them?

What’s different?

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Your Task

For your task today, you are going tomake your own labyrinth. You can dothis in one of three ways. Theinstructions are on the next few slides.

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Option 1 – Decorated Labyrinths

You will need:

• pencils

• a black marker

• A4 paper

• A copy of the labyrinth designs (slide 8)

1. Choose one of the Labyrinth designs.

2. Practice drawing one of the labyrinths on a piece of paper.

3. Experiment with elaborating on the design, just as Mark Wallinger hasin each station. This could include thickening the line with loops, zigzags or any other pattern or detail you can think of.

4. When you’re happy with your design, draw a large labyrinth on a new piece of paper in pencil and carefully add your patterns.

5. Take a black pen and go over your pencil outline.

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Option 2 – Large Scale LabyrinthsResources you could use:

• tape

• chalk

• pebbles

• rope

• sticks

• variety of objects

• paint

1. Using your favourite design, decide on your preferred/possible location and then map out and create a large-scale floor Labyrinth.

2. Once finished, walk the Labyrinth alone and then ask someone else to walk it. How does it feel? What would you like to place at the centre of your Labyrinth?

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Option 3 – 3D LabyrinthsYou will need:

• For the base: cardboard, masking tape

• For the papier mâché: strips of newsprint or thin white paper, tissue paper, PVA (or any liquid white glue)

• To finish: tissue paper and PVA glue or paint

Cut a square base out of a thick piece of cardboard. Draw a Labyrinth on the base following the instructions

below. Cut strips of card and tape them, like a curved wall, onto the base.

To make them thicker use several layers and tape together. If the walls wobble, bend small rectangles of

cardboard in two and tape one half to the bottom of the wall and the other to the base at a right angle. Mix

20% water with 80% PVA and brush strips of paper all over the structure.

1. Add a layer or two of strips of white tissue paper (again brushed on with PVA).

2. When dry, paint or papier mâché with coloured tissue paper, paying particular attention to the outside wall.