Posts Categorized: Public Commissions

‘Above and Below Me, All Around Me’, David Hugo

David Hugo’s ‘Above and Below Me, All Around Me’, was a site specific response to the new multi-storey car park for the Cargo Centre Heathrow Airport, the geography of the airport’s signage, flight instrumentation and the reality of the cargo centre as a global distribution hub.

‘The transportation of goods and people through the medium of air and water is reflected in the experience of moving through the environment, the stairwell and so the artwork. The artwork in the stairwell has been designed to offer a variety of different points of view and so different visual and perceptual experiences. The viewer moving through the stairwell can look up, down and all around to experience the work differently each and every time he or she encounters the work’, David Hugo.

We commissioned ‘Above and Below Me, All Around Me’ as part of the BAA Art Programme in 1997.

’20th Century’, Michael Samuels

‘20th Century’ was a site specific commission by Michael Samuels for a new multi tenanted office building at BAA Gatwick, open 24/7, designed to help sustain the continued growth of the airport. Samuels re-purposed passenger flight information boards with a comprehensive scrolling list of 20th century influential figures across politics, sports, arts and science. The work defined a sense of place and offered cultural appreciation as a new experience.

We commissioned ’20th Century’ as part of the BAA Art Programme in 1998.

‘Wish’, Nigel Ellis

HS Projects was appointed by Gazeley Properties to deliver a section 106 public art commission to act as a marker for their new business park in Crayford, Kent.

In close collaboration with the developers, architects Higgs Young and Bexley Council we developed the project and artist brief for a site specific, low maintenance, robust sculpture that retained highway visibility.

Following a selection process, Nigel Ellis was commissioned for his response to the physicality of the site and the business of Optima Park, a business and warehouse distribution park. The simplicity and uncluttered clean lines of ‘Wish’, Ellis’s 4 meter high, powder coated steel sculpture, relates well to the architecture and functionality of the site.

HS Projects commissioned ‘Wish’ on behalf of Gazeley Properties for Optima Park, Crayford, Kent in 2004.