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Art of Common Space | | As a physical exploration into the possibility for our common spaces, LANS has commissioned a series of new artworks for Gunpowder Park under the Experience Programme to be realised between Summer 2008 and Spring 2009. These temporary works by leading contemporary artists create an interactive experience in the deiverse landscape of the Park, engaging new and exisiting visitors, and instigating debate about our public spaces. | |  | |  0°00 Navigation, Simon Faithful
0°00 Navigation is a film which records Faithfull’s physical journey along the Meridian line, navigating obstacles and individuals encountered as he attempts to cross private property, the M25 and Gunpowder Park. Faithfull’s path is being recorded as a slapstick film of one man’s epic journey.
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| |  The Energy Cafe, Pilot Publishing
Pilot Publishing are experimenting with sustainable ways of cooking and creating an off grid cafe. They will host harvesting walks, permaculture workshops and research into renewable energy to create a sustainable social facility to provide Park visitors with a common space to meet, share ideas and exchange local knowledge.
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| |  Siphonophora, Rob Davis and Usman Haque
Siphonophora, borrowing its name from a class of marine invertebrates, is an interactive research project by Rob Davis and Usman Haque. Siphonophora consists of a collection of small reactive devices that float in one of Gunpowder Park's lakes, tracking light, pH levels and pond life activity.
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| |  Being in Common, Proboscis
Artist studio, Proboscis, will consider what 'common space' means to people from diverse cultural backgrounds, both in the UK and abroad. The work focuses on the notion of kinship and belonging to common spaces as well as the ideas of property and land ownership which are so deeply connected to the meaning of 'common' in the English language.
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