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The BIG Art Project

The Big Art Project was started in 2006, by Channel 4 of England, as an ambitious endeavor to allow the public to influence the commissioning of immense public works of art. It also was a movement, backed by the Arts Council England, to generate new art in England (with public involvement). So, courtesy of an invitation by youth of the city of Burnley, the artist’s group known as Greyworld accepted an offer to collaborate with 15 of the city’s youth. Together, Greyworld and the 15 youngsters turned the city of Burnley into a living-canvas, the only one of its kind on Earth. This is the first of 7 public works of art to be featured in England in 2008 as a result of The Big Art Project.

Greyworld is a group of London artists who have created many large and permanent art fixtures in Europe. Their style is as unconventional as it is incredible. One of their artistic installations took the shape of a light-blue carpet attached to the Millennium Bridge in Dublin, Ireland. The blue pathway is embedded with a multitude of sensors that translates every person’s walking into the curiously vivid sounds. As you traverse the bridge, sounds of autumn leaves crushing beneath your feet toy with your reality. Perhaps a few moments later the sound of sloshing through water will emanate, or trekking through snow. Continue…