commons
/ˈkɒmənz/
land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community
A Call to the Commons is a public art and architecture project that builds on the LFA 2023 theme ‘In Common’.
The high street is an urban-commons and its role is changing fast. We are in a period of testing and prototyping new models of living and working in a post pandemic world, models that call us to question our ideas about how we use and occupy our public spaces, ownership, and protest.
Through this project we use street media to explore the notion of the commons through 6 newly commissioned posters by artists, architects and designers installed on billboards, fly posters and digital screens across London.
Guests are invited to visit the sites throughout June and on 20th June we invite you to attend a talk to debate some of the themes around the artworks produced.
Commissioned by Aldo Rinaldi and Rumi Bose, and sponsored by Build Hollywood and Cross River Partnership.
Website: www.linkedin.com/in/rumi-bose-0386a41a/
Twitter: @aldo_rinaldi72
Instagram: @rumibee
Image: Issi Nanabeyin
ARTWORK & LOCATIONS:
Billboards:
Under the Commons, Kaneshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2023 © Issi Nanabeyin
Scrubs Lane, London W12 0DF
Woolwich Road/Farmland Road, London SE10 0LT
Three Billboards, 2023 © OMMX and Daly & Lyon
Gypsy Corner, North Acton, Victoria Road, London, W3 6HU
Scrubs Lane, London W12 0DF
Together for the Final Say, Westminster, 19 October 2019 © Simon Roberts
Gypsy Corner, North Acton, Victoria Road, London, W3 6HU
Repeal Enclosure, © Sam Jacob
Woolwich Church Street, London SE18 5BX
Posters (by IF_DO Architects and vPPR, plus artists above)
Croydon High St
Penge High Street
Tower Bridge Road and Mansell Street, City of London
Wardour St and Piccadilly, Westminster
Red Lion Square, Holborn
A12/A13 Jn, Blackwall Tunnel
A406, Barnet
Denmark Hill, Camberwell
Atlantic Road, Brixton
Holland Park Roundabout will have a digital display of all the contributors.
