http://www.greyworld.org/ Greyworld are an art collective based in London uk. This rss feed contains information and rich media pertaining to projects we have completed since forming in 1996. More general information about greyworld and our contact details are also included at the end of the feed. false en-GB Art Public Art Sound Art Contemporary Art Digital Art Electronic Art Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:17:52 +0000 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:17:52 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ info@greyworld.org info@greyworld.org http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.greyworld.org/?s=news_&i=1#news_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=news_&i=1#news_ Welcome to greyworld's website. We are a group of artists that create installations, usually in urban spaces. Listed below is a small selection of our work, more is added all the time. Sat, 27 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=monument_to_the_unknown_artist_&i=1#monument_to_the_unknown_artist_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=monument_to_the_unknown_artist_&i=1#monument_to_the_unknown_artist_ Installed beside the Tate Modern, the permanent work has attracted the attention of the worlds media, and is accessible at all times. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_source_&i=1#the_source_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_source_&i=1#the_source_ The Source, an eight storey high kinetic sculpture, is the new symbol for the London Stock Exchange. Every morning, millions of viewers around the world will watch the installation come to life, signifying the opening of the London Markets. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 27 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=bloom_&i=1#bloom_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=bloom_&i=1#bloom_ We have recently created a permanent 55m installation for a striking new development in historic Spitalfields, East London, designed by Foster and Partners. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=bins_and_benches_&i=1#bins_and_benches_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=bins_and_benches_&i=1#bins_and_benches_ Five bins and four benches have been injected with a magic serum of life so that they can break free from their staid and fixed positions to roam free in a public square in Cambridge nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=railings_&i=1#railings_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=railings_&i=1#railings_ Railings plays on the simple pleasure of picking up a stick and running it along a set of railings to make a lovely "clack-clack-clack" sound. We tuned the railings so that when you ran a stick along them they played "the Girl from Ipanema." nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 03 Nov 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=trace_&i=1#trace_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=trace_&i=1#trace_ Trace is a permanent sound installation for the historic maze at Hampton Court Palace. As visitors pass through the maze they trigger a series of sounds that capture the intrigue and mystery of the maze's rich heritage. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=waiting_&i=1#waiting_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=waiting_&i=1#waiting_ Waiting is a one minute film about AIDS created for Nelson Mandela's charity '46664' and shown at the landmark concert in Cape Town nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Fri, 30 May 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=flavin_soundscape_&i=1#flavin_soundscape_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=flavin_soundscape_&i=1#flavin_soundscape_ Soundscape is a work inspired by Dan Flavin's iconic light installations to accompany a retrospective of his work at the Hayward Gallery in London. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 20 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=digital_you_&i=1#digital_you_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=digital_you_&i=1#digital_you_ We created two interactive installations to act as the centerpiece for an exhibition at the Science Museum in London that explored the current debate around the importance and fragility of our digital identities nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 11 Nov 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=urban_sketches_&i=1#urban_sketches_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=urban_sketches_&i=1#urban_sketches_ Rather than showing a finished and looped piece of video work, the Urban Sketches installation makes the space and its inhabitants the subject of the work and its authors. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Wed, 07 Feb 2005 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=urban_samples_&i=1#urban_samples_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=urban_samples_&i=1#urban_samples_ Urban Samples is an installation that takes fragments of from the urban environment. When touched or examined the elements create music, evocative of their original location. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Wed, 09 Feb 2000 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_layer_&i=1#the_layer_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_layer_&i=1#the_layer_ The Layer is an art system created to articulate transit spaces through a series of contact sculptures. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 26 Feb 2000 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=street_dots_&i=1#street_dots_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=street_dots_&i=1#street_dots_ A series of living tableaux are installed in and around the Seager Building in Deptford, South London. Each one reflecting and reacting to the fascinating and ever-changing life that is lived out in front of them nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sun, 23 Jul 2003 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=colourstops_&i=1#colourstops_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=colourstops_&i=1#colourstops_ Colourstops (1,2) is a permanent sound installation in two bus shelters, along the Manchester Road in Bradford. The work of art subtly alters the space of the shelter with the sound of a female voice, gently singing the colours of the clothing of the people passing through: a unique song of colour. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_game_&i=1#the_game_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=the_game_&i=1#the_game_ "The thrill is not in the bang, only in the anticipation of it" - Alfred Hitchcock nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=tune_&i=1#tune_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=tune_&i=1#tune_ Tune is a sound work that treats the FACT building in Liverpool as the canvas for a single sonic composition. The work interrogates two layers of the building: its physical structure and the social architecture of the space nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 22 Mar 2003 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=three_windows_&i=1#three_windows_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=three_windows_&i=1#three_windows_ In April 2002 we were asked to come up with some proposals for Selfridges, a famous department store in London's Oxford Street. The opportunity to create some work in the busiest street in the UK was too good to miss. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 04 Dec 2003 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=sound_awards_&i=1#sound_awards_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=sound_awards_&i=1#sound_awards_ Sound Awards celebrates the unique sounds found in our cities. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=world_bench_&i=1#world_bench_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=world_bench_&i=1#world_bench_ Worldbench is an ambitious art installation that uses park benches to unite locations around the world from Berlin to Newcastle, London to Cape Town. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=stairway_&i=1#stairway_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=stairway_&i=1#stairway_ The "Sonic Boom" exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, U.K. featured some of the world's finest artists working with sound. We created Stairway a site specific sound sculpture, which activate the two main approaches to the gallery. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Thu, 02 Jan 1999 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=park_bench_2_&i=1#park_bench_2_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=park_bench_2_&i=1#park_bench_2_ The park bench: a place for quiet contemplation, for lovers, for tension, for refuge and for desire. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Fri, 20 Sep 2000 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=playground_&i=1#playground_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=playground_&i=1#playground_ Visitors to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park come across an area, partially secluded that seems to be a forgotten place. What appears to be the remains of a playing field is still visible through the overgrown grass. As people explore this area they unlock the ghostly sound of past sporting activity. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=dog_eat_dog_&i=1#dog_eat_dog_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=dog_eat_dog_&i=1#dog_eat_dog_ We were invited by the BBC to create two interactive games to appear on this popular television programme. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sat, 14 Dec 2002 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=klang_entree_&i=1#klang_entree_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=klang_entree_&i=1#klang_entree_ Klang Entrée is permanent installation outside the Kulturzentrum in Kaiserslautern, Germany. As visitors climb the stairs to enter the gallery, their motion is translated into a gentle, ephemeral musical composition nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sun, 04 Jun 2000 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=shopping_&i=1#shopping_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=shopping_&i=1#shopping_ For a week in April 2006, greyworld transformed Paris's largest shopping centre Forum Des Halles into a giant sound sculpture, entitled Shopping. The intention was to create a new shopping experience: a monumentalisation of consumerism through the medium of sound. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sun, 08 Jun 1996 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=handrail_&i=1#handrail_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=handrail_&i=1#handrail_ Handrail is a contact sculpture that allows people to create generative music through touch. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Sun, 16 Aug 1998 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=six_lifts_&i=1#six_lifts_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=six_lifts_&i=1#six_lifts_ In September 2002 Sonic Arts Network was asked to produce an installation for the CISAC World Congress 2002, the annual conference for the international confederation of authors and composers. The conference was co-ordinated by the PRS in the UK and attracts over 1000 delegates, senior executives responsible for managing audio-visual rights. Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=observation_&i=1#observation_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=observation_&i=1#observation_ Observation is a kind of sound x-ray. A number of floor-mounted telescopes are placed at various points in a city, overlooking an urban scene. Each element has a thin metallic neck secured to the floor and a long telescope-like swivel head. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=train_station_&i=1#train_station_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=train_station_&i=1#train_station_ Les Echos de la Gare nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=recordings_and_albums_&i=1#recordings_and_albums_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=recordings_and_albums_&i=1#recordings_and_albums_ Greyworld's work has always used sound as a vital element in the installation. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=experiments_&i=1#experiments_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=experiments_&i=1#experiments_ Here are some ideas, sketches, toys, and silly things we are working on at the moment (at least those that we can show in public)... Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=contact_greyworld_&i=1#contact_greyworld_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=contact_greyworld_&i=1#contact_greyworld_ EMAIL : info@greyworld.org, POSTAL : Studio 3, 45 Derbyshire Street, London E2 6HQ, TELEPHONE : +44 203 091 5478, FACSIMILE : +44 207 900 3122]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:17:53 +0000 http://www.greyworld.org/?s=about_greyworld_&i=1#about_greyworld_ http://www.greyworld.org/?s=about_greyworld_&i=1#about_greyworld_ In 1993 Andrew Shoben founded Greyworld in Paris. Our goal is to create works that articulate public spaces, allowing some form of self-expression in areas of the city that people see every day but normally exclude and ignore. nonadult greyworld 2006 greyworld Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:17:53 +0000