Art/wayfinding proposals progressing!

As part of the development of art/wayfindng across the project site, London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) have appointed leading public art commissioning organisation, UP Projects to commission a new artist-led wayfinding artwork in the Marshgate Lane area.

Intended to respond to notions of safety in this area, this project will be informed by a process of co-creation with a group of girls, women and gender diverse individuals who live, work and/or regularly use the Marshgate Lane area between Pudding Mill Lane DLR station and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.  

The project responds to community feedback around safety in this particular public throughway particularly felt by girls, women and gender diverse individuals. It is hoped that the wayfinding interventions may be able to make visible and/or actively respond to some of these issues by directly engaging with this target group. 

Newham based artist Sahra Hersi has been appointed to work with a group of women to co-create artwork proposals for Marshgate Lane. Over the course of ten workshops the eight Community Collaborators will help shape the design development process whilst engaging in activities including site mapping, form and material research, exploring what wayfinding means in the context of this project and collectively reflecting on what it means to feel safe and welcome within public contexts.

The final artwork proposal is to be developed by January 2025 with a suggested launch date of June 2025 subject to all relevant permissions.