a cloud + a fence
a cloud + a fence
a cloud + a fence

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Katie Schwab's artwork 'a cloud + a fence' is a series of blue enamel shapes and painted street furniture. It marks the journey between Star Lane DLR station and Cody Dock and is a collaboration between the artist and the community. Emerging from a series of drawing, collage, block-printing and cyanotype workshops with local people, the installation references the area’s cultural, natural and industrial heritage.

The local urban landscape and its natural environment inform each of the abstract shapes. The vibrant blue echoes the natural and synthetic dyes, like blue indigo used by textile producers all along the Lower Lea throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and Meldola's Blue, which was invented locally.

The Line

London

Title

a cloud + a fence

Date

2024

Medium

vitreous enamel & powder coated aluminium, sign fixings, powder coated steel rail & paint

Accession number

26

Acquisition method

one of three co-commissioned artworks developed by The Line in collaboration with local residents; supported by Newham Council

Work type

Other

Installation start date

20 July

Unveiling date

20 July

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The Line

London, England

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