ABOUT

PORTAVILION is a portable public art project that will occupy a trail of famous parks across Central London throughout the summer 2008. A group of highly acclaimed international contemporary artists will present their own ‘pavilion' specially created for a park environment.

THE ARTISTS

Portavilion launches in June 2008 with the following artist's projects:

DAN GRAHAM - Holland Park

TOBY PATERSON - Potters Fields Park

ANNIKA ERIKSSON A- Regents Park

MONIKA SOSNOWSKA - Primrose Hill

THE THEMES

Portavilion is one of the most ambitious contemporary art projects to take place in London's public realm. It explores the possibilities for temporary, large scale public art, and is as much a celebration of the city's most treasured open spaces as it is a cultural event. The brief to the artists was not prescriptive, but through the diversity of their approaches and their responses to the park environment, the following themes have emerged:

• » INSPIRATION – artworks that are stimulating and thought provoking.

 

• » CONNECTION – creating a sense of identity and connecting different public spaces across the city

 

• » RECREATION – artworks that are fun, interactive, pleasurable - creating places to meet, talk, play.

 

• » ENVIRONMENT – acknowledging the importance of urban green space and it's impact on the quality of urban life.

THE TRAIL

Portavilion's multiple sites form a trail across a range of Central London boroughs, which can be navigated by bike, on foot or public transport. MAP»

THE EVENTS

A programme of events will take place around each pavilion site ranging from artists talks, a symposium style debate, performances, guided walks and creative workshops. EVENTS»

THE FUTURE

Portavilion is a mobile, expanding public art project. At the end of the summer, the Portavilion projects will move to new locations and new projects will be developed.

UP PROJECTS

Portavilion is an UP PROJECTS production curated by Emma Underhill. Up Projects curate and produce arts projects and events outside traditional gallery and museum spaces and often in the public realm. They are inspired by the built environment and the unusual and often challenging spaces that exist within and around buildings, their projects always respond specifically to their location.

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