I really like Morag’s work, the bright bold patterns would look great around Luton and would be a much welcome change from what we have right now. Sitting at the entryway to Battersea Power Station, South London, Morags piece is made of plywood that was first assembled and painted with the help of her studio staff. This is Morag’s first outside installation and was commissioned by Battersea Power Station.

Morag took inspiration from the director’s boardroom doors that hung before the place closed down in 1980. The title Power serves two meanings: One to reflect back at the past of this old building and the second to instill a strong and invested feeling of the place for its future to come. I think the design responds well to the location and will introduce the vast complex with great expectations of what will be seen in this gigantic regeneration project.

‘I did not want to make a piece that looked back, but make a new optimistic piece that embraced the past and ultimately looked to the future’.  – Morag Myerscough

(Duddy, 2017)

I would like to be able to complete projects similar to what Morag has done here but around Luton. We have our first major outside art installation titled ‘Beacon’ by Mark Titchner, through the ‘As You Change So Do I” project run by Caroline Wallace at Luton Culture. The piece by Mark Titchner states “If You Can Dream It You Must Do It’ and for me is very poignant and was a much-needed start to the future of the Arts in Luton.

There is an exciting momentum around arts and culture in Luton at the moment, one that we are really pleased to be part of both as a funder and a partner. As You Change, So Do I will provide an important opportunity for the public to engage with a wide range of works that draw inspiration from Luton. Beacon will be a really impactful start to the programme of public realm art and one we hope everyone in Luton will engage with.  – Hedley Swain, Area Director, South East, Arts Council England

(As You Change, So Do I, 2017)

To continue the project the team requested audience participation through facebook messages to translate the phrase which was then printed and displayed around the hoardings on Silver Street and Bute Street. It was through my own project ‘Beyond Borders’, asking for similar interaction that I was signposted to the facebook message.

It would be great to see more pieces commissioned for local Luton artists. I would like to make more work that is participatory and aesthetically beautiful around Luton, similar to my River Lea Project.

This entrance allows me to compare the art installation at Battersea to that of our own on the wall of the Hat Factory building. Both installations act as a welcome to visitors and passers-by. They both marks new eras in their prospective places and both inject a new lease of life showing their commitment to injecting arts and culture into the immediate surroundings. This entrance comes from the official Battersea Power Station website.

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References

As You Change, So Do I. (2017). Beacon. [online] Available at: https://asyouchange.co.uk/projects/beacon/ [Accessed 13 Oct. 2017].

Battersea Power Station. (2017). Battersea Power Station | Battersea Power Station | Power By Morag Myerscough. [online] Available at: https://batterseapowerstation.co.uk/power-by-morag [Accessed 22 Oct. 2017].

Duddy, L. (2017). morag myerscough’s ‘POWER’ boldly welcomes battersea power’s visitors. [online] designboom | architecture & design magazine. Available at: https://www.designboom.com/art/morag-myerscough-power-battersea-power-station-london-08-31-2017/ [Accessed 22 Oct. 2017].