Past events
Performance27/09/24 Discosailing: A Ballet on Water Symposium25/09/24 New Approaches to Sculpture Outdoors Tour22/09/24 BSL Guided Tour: North Greenwich Tour21/09/24 Youth-led Guided Tour of The Line Tour07/09/24 Archaeological walk through the River Thames’ past, present, and future Performance27/07/24 Discosailing: A Ballet on Water TourEvery Saturday until 31 August 2024 Guided public art tour of The Line Exhibition24/05/24 Swirling Eddies, Tender Breeze Tour22/06/24 Refugee Week Guided Walk Symposium18/10/23 Tributaries: Reflections on Public Art and Water Exhibition15/09/23 - 08/10/23 Life by the Lea Performance17/09/23 Performance Lecture: Simon Faithfull, 0º00 Navigation Performance17/09/23 Performance: The Lay Shaft Drive is Down by Helen Cammock Tour23/09/23 BSL Interpreted Guided Tour of The Line Workshop23/09/23 Mask Making at Greenwich Peninsula with Thames Festival Trust Workshop16/08/23 Woodblock printing workshop for families Workshop09/08/23 Cyanotype printing workshop for families Workshop24/06/23 Creative Workshops in the Royal Docks Tour03/06/23 - 30/09/23 Guided art tours Talk22/03/23 Artist talk: Larry Achiampong in conversation with Priyesh Mistry Walking weekend24/09/22 - 25/09/22 Walking Weekend Tour06/08/22 - 12/11/22 Free Saturday tours Workshop28/09/22 Community Consultation evening Workshop10/10/22 Inside Out: Birdwatching Workshop10/10/22 Inside Out: Resilience Walk Workshop11/10/22 Inside Out: Madge Gill Tour & Archive Visit Tour12/10/22 Inside Out: Phytology Site Visit Talk12/10/22 Inside Out: Roundtable Discussion Workshop23/07/22 The Living Line: family friendly workshops Performance13/07/22 Aamad: Schools Dance Performance Exhibition22/06/22 - 03/07/22 Nature in Mind: A community exhibition inspired by Madge Gill on The Line Workshop18/06/22 - 19/06/22 Open Weekend at Trinity Buoy Wharf Workshop11/06/22 World Oceans Day at Royal Museums Greenwich Performance09/04/22 Rana Begum: No. 1104 Catching Colour – launching at London City Island Walking weekend18/09/21 - 19/09/21 Spend Time on The Line Workshop23/05/21 Madge Gill: Nature in Mind – drawing & making workshop Film Screening and Talk08/06/20 World Oceans Day 2020 with Royal Museums Greenwich: Serge Attukwei Clottey Workshop05/06/20 Artist Lola Lely’s Madge Gill-inspired workshop Talk28/05/20 Jane’s Walk London: live conversation Workshop27/07/19 Lost and Found on The Line with Abigail Fallis Tour21/09/18 - 22/09/18 Sketchcrawl: Imagine The Line Music video23/05/15 I Walk The LineThis evening of discussion and exchange, considering the unique role that public art plays in cities like London, continues our Annual Symposia on Public Art – developed from a research partnership between The Line and CREATURE. Timed to coincide with London Sculpture Week 2024, this symposium brings together four organisations who are united by a drive to make space for sculpture, facilitate spontaneous encounters, and make art accessible.
Research in Public Art practices highlights the evolving approaches in the sector and the latter’s cultural value and social impact. Historically, sculpture has represented the medium with which public art has been mostly associated. Its implications are, however, complex, often provoking lively responses and controversial debates: heavy with a lineage of monuments, sculpture in public space now has the potential and a duty to reconsider historic power relations, decolonising the public realm. Key questions will be explored, including:
- How do organisational contexts impact on commissioning approaches and ways of working?
- How is public sculpture activated through participation?
- What is the relationship between public sculpture and performance?
- How can sculpture diversify the public realm in London and promote engagement with different communities?
Contributors:
Jo Baxendale, Visual Arts Project Manager Fourth Plinth, Greater London Authority
Sarah Carrington, Deputy Director, The Line
Libby Heaney, Artist, libbyheaney.co.uk
Stella Ioannou, Artistic Director of Sculpture in the City and Founding Director of Lacuna
Katie Schwab, Artist, The Line
Vanessa da Silva, Artist, Sculpture in the City
Fatoş Üstek, Curator, Frieze Sculpture
Symposium Moderator: Dr Jacek Ludwig Scarso, Deputy Director of CREATURE
To sign up or see full details for this event, please visit our Eventbrite page.
This event is part of London Sculpture Week, a collaboration between four major cultural initiatives – Frieze Sculpture, the Fourth Plinth, Sculpture in the City, and The Line – celebrating the capital’s vibrant creative spirit through outdoor sculptures that invigorate the city’s public spaces. This third edition of London Sculpture Week runs from 21 to 29 September 2024.
Official Digital Partner: Bloomberg Connects for London Sculpture Week. Supported by Arts Council England.
Location
The Wash Houses,
London Metropolitan University
Goulston Street, London, E1 7NT