Local Artists Called To Submit Work for W4th Plinth
Short film made to encourage ideas to replace Penny the Orangutan
Picture: Karen Liebreich
Submissions are now open for the next artwork to be installed at the W4th Plinth at Turnham Green Terrace Piazza.
The W4th Plinth is a large, changing artwork that sits on the railway embankment wall overlooking the area transformed by Abundance London last year. Currently it is hosting David Kimpton and Richard Lawton’s Penny the Orangutan but a new piece or art will take its place next year.
Abundance London was invited to participate in #virtualstudiowest to showcase artists’ responses to the lockdown, as part of the W4th Plinth arts project .
Local artist Lemon Be Green was inspired to create a short film, a call to action to artists to submit their work the be displayed at this location.
It’s a collage of found film and jazz footage that gives a quirky view of the search for new talent for the W4th Plinth. The film is to be released on instagram at 12 noon on Friday 3 July but can be seen below.
Other artworks in the series can also be seen on instagram by following #virtualstudioswest or @creativenetworkwest
@lemonbegreen is a local chief operating home officer who found the time over the past few months to teach herself the art of film-making, using creative commons found footage. Before taking a hiatus to raise a family, her experience as an arts/travel editor in fashion trend forecasting brought her into close contact with artistic creation.
“Since my years as a ‘cool-hunter’ in the digital design industry, my questing eye on culture has never closed.
“I enjoy translating multi-layered concepts into a simple, easy to grasp visual narrative. It’s an enthralling process that challenges me.
“I’m always on the lookout for learning opportunities and excited for storytelling as it evolves and transmutes in this 21st century.”
Virtual Studios is produced by Creative People and Places Hounslow, a Watermans project, for the Creative Enterprise Zone’s (CEZ) open studios programme. Hounslow’s Zone exists to promote and develop the creative industries in the borough, from an eco-system of micro-businesses and start-ups through to multinationals in broadcasting and digital. The Zone is funded by the Mayor of London and managed by a consortium under the stewardship of Hounslow Council.
hfield Terrace, the High Road beds, the herbal knot garden (with Turnham Green Friends).
June 6, 2018