Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by greyworld in Public Art
greyworld’s new book, entitled In The City, has just been published. The first part tells the story of a little girl living in a magical city, where railings are tuned, carpets make music, the benches come over when you whistle to them, and life has unexpected joys. The second section reveals that each of these [...]
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by greyworld in Public Art
Railings plays on the simple pleasure of picking up a stick and running it along a set of railings to make a lovely “clack-clack-clack” sound. We tuned the railings so that when you ran a stick along them they played “the Girl from Ipanema.” Created without permissionsin cities around Europe, many versions have dissapeared. But [...]
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by greyworld in
greyworld are a group of artists that create public art – usually in urban spaces. Our work is about play, and allowing creative expression in parts of the city that usually exclude it. Over the years. we have created permanent installations in many countries around the world. There are lots of videos of our artwork [...]
Posted on 20. May, 2003 by greyworld in Public Art
Tune is a sound work that treats the FACT building in Liverpool as the canvas for a single sonic composition. The work interrogates two layers of the building: its physical structure and the social architecture of the space The installation is based on a unique sonic signature for the building, a 71-minute master palette of [...]
Interview on Australian radio ABC with Andrew Shoben [Audio]
Sky Lounge with Hari Kunzru (2001)
A chat on the sofa with Andrew Shoben, talking about public art. In a roll neck.
