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Stephanie Imbeau, who graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Newcastle University in 2007, has won the competition to become the fourth artist to put their unique stamp on the huge ‘4’ logo installation outside Channel 4’s Horseferry Road headquarters. Run by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery, the competition was for recent fine-arts graduates.
Stephanie’s idea involved covering the Big 4 with a blanket of more than 1000 umbrellas. ‘Not only would this give the umbrellas a chance to be appreciated for their aesthetic appeal,’ Stephanie wrote in her proposal, ‘but it would have a transformative effect on the steel structure, softening it and making it almost plant-like.’
Most of the umbrellas came from London Transport’s lost-and-found store. ‘Using broken umbrellas can also be seen as the re-telling of a story, the giving of second life,’ Stephanie explains. ‘The umbrellas are a visual representation of London and its many inhabitants.’ The installation, called Shelter, uses wire mesh sections to attach the umbrellas.
The 50-foot-high metal '4' was originally constructed in 2007 to celebrate both the Channel's 25th anniversary year and the launch of the Big Art Project. The installation mirrors the Channel's on-air identity, with metal bars forming the logo only when viewed from a particular angle.
Posted on 3rd Mar 2009, 18:02
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