Nine Elms: Tim Davies
Nine Elms: Figures on the Foreshore, Tim Davies
Year
2015-2024
Client
fereday pollard for Tideway
Artist
Tim Davies
Service
Commission Management
Location
Kirtling Street, Nine Elms, London
Stop-motion photographs for the hoarding at Nine Elms
Tim Davies has created an artwork exploring and celebrating the proximity of the river; childhood memories, playfulness and a place to dream, a place to relax. Through the observations of numerous river users, Davies’ work comprises a series of performative gestures and actions, conveying a sense of movement.
“In ‘Figures on the Foreshore’ I wanted to capture the seemingly often overlooked potential of the Thames. I wanted to capture a sense of energy and a sense of fun and a sense of the lyrical. We had a great couple of days on the photographic shoot when members of the local community came and joined in generously.”
Informed by a flip-book aesthetic and the work of Eadweard Muybridge, an English pioneering photographer who captured motion in stop-motion photographs, the movement is conveyed across the hoarding panels as a series of images. Whilst the Thames remains the central visual thread, suggestions of London’s architecture are reflected within the work, reminding us of its constant companionship to water.
“This is a superb piece of photography and will brighten up Kirtling Street. Once this important project is complete it will open up a new section of Thames Riverside Path and create another extremely valuable pedestrian link connecting William Henry Walk and the Riverlight development.”
Tim Davies (b.1959) is a British artist who works in a range of media, utilising the most appropriate processes, gestures and materials for the realisation of his work. His practice involves observing and responding to sites and representations of sites, exploring how they are perceived, understood and experienced. Often, these works are ephemeral in nature and complement his gallery-based work.
Davies' was shortlisted for the inaugural Artes Mundi visual arts prize and has worked site-responsively across Europe, including being selected to represent Wales in a solo exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011.
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