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Top names launch 'Art on the buses'
7 May 1996
12.30 pm - 2 pm, Thursday 23rd May 1996 Covent Garden Piazza London WC2
Leading artists and poets will launch 'Art on the Buses' [1] - to help mark Friends of the Earth's 25th anniversary - in Covent Garden Piazza between 12.30 pm and 2 pm on Thursday 23 May. The launch will feature a Routemaster bus, parked on the piazza, containing an exhibition of art and poetry. There will also be special poetry readings.
The public are invited to attend the art exhibition and poetry readings. Attendance is free.
Poetry readings will be given by Ivor Cutler, Lemn Sissay, John Citizen,Sophie Hannah, Pascale Petit and Will Stone. Artists expected to attend the launch include Peter Blake, Ian Wright and Andrzey Klimowski.
Art on the Buses is a joint venture with Open Window Gallery, big wide words and the London Transport Museum. This innovative project will take an environmental message to the millions of passengers who are expected to travel on two of London's busiest bus routes - the 73 and 38 -throughout the six month show.
ENDS
[1] Friends of the Earth invited eleven London based artists to create original pieces of work on the theme of Going Places - a personal response to travel in the City. Contributing artists include Peter Blake, Anderzey Klimowski, Ian Wright, Jake Tilson, Lawrence Zeegan, Anthony Lee,Sophie Morrish, Angela J Hogg, Matthew Cooper, Shonagh Rae and Jessie Tattersall. A number of new and well established poets contributed to Poems on the Buses - Moving Poems. Poets include Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, John Hegley, Adrian Mitchell, Wendy Cope, Lemn Sissay, and Benjamin Zephaniah.
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