advertising doesn't tell anyone anything anyway
Poster
2004 (printed and published)
2004 (printed and published)
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Platform for Art is an enterprising scheme to install art works at various sites on the London Underground network. Most of these art works take the form of billboards or posters. It began with the redundant District Line platform at Gloucester Road station, which has hosted a series of billboards. Other Platform for Art projects in 2004 have included Mark Titchner, Muntean/Rosenblum and Emma Kay.
Simon Bedwell created four sets of posters for Piccadilly Circus station, using ClipArt and WordArt software, available to almost everybody with a computer. The images draw on a wide range of visual materials including promotional blurbs, local newspaper headlines, ‘50s photography and Communist-bloc advertising. The project was a joint commission between Platform for Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, to coincide with Becks futures 2004 (Bedwell was one of the shortlisted artists).
This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers.
Simon Bedwell created four sets of posters for Piccadilly Circus station, using ClipArt and WordArt software, available to almost everybody with a computer. The images draw on a wide range of visual materials including promotional blurbs, local newspaper headlines, ‘50s photography and Communist-bloc advertising. The project was a joint commission between Platform for Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, to coincide with Becks futures 2004 (Bedwell was one of the shortlisted artists).
This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | advertising doesn't tell anyone anything anyway (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Simon Bedwell: poster issued by Platform for Art, 2004 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Platform for Art. Copyright: Simon Bedwell / London Underground Limited |
| Summary | Platform for Art is an enterprising scheme to install art works at various sites on the London Underground network. Most of these art works take the form of billboards or posters. It began with the redundant District Line platform at Gloucester Road station, which has hosted a series of billboards. Other Platform for Art projects in 2004 have included Mark Titchner, Muntean/Rosenblum and Emma Kay. Simon Bedwell created four sets of posters for Piccadilly Circus station, using ClipArt and WordArt software, available to almost everybody with a computer. The images draw on a wide range of visual materials including promotional blurbs, local newspaper headlines, ‘50s photography and Communist-bloc advertising. The project was a joint commission between Platform for Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, to coincide with Becks futures 2004 (Bedwell was one of the shortlisted artists). This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers. |
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| Accession number | E.148-2005 |
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| Record created | February 21, 2005 |
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