Sculpture Shock Ambulatory 2014; Alexander Costello's 'Making Progress' a travelling performance series on London's waterways

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Revellers in the absurd, believers in dead pan and those who delight in art's capacity for questioning accepted norms, make your way to the canal banks of London for Alexander Costello's series of performances Making Progress from 4-7 September. For Making Progress, Costello is a white suited figurehead, attached to the bow of a barge as it winds its way through the waterways of London at 2 mph.

This work is the culmination of Costello's Royal British Society of Sculptors Sculpture Shock 2014 Ambulatory residency.  Now in its second year, this ground breaking award encourages surprising site specific spatial interventions in non-traditional spaces outside the confines of the white cube. The work of the winning artists appears in one of three environments: subterranean (the unseen world underneath our city), ambulatory (without physical confines in movement through space and time) and historic (an illustrious building in London).

 

PRIVATE VIEW AND PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 6.30 - 8.30 PM, CAMDEN LOCK


PERFORMANCES

THURS 04.09.14

12 - 2pm Boarding at Camden Lock

2-3pm Boat in Transit/Performance

3-5pm Boarding at Granary Square King's Cross

5-6pm Boat in Transit/Performance

6pm Disembarking at Angel/Wharf Road

 

FRI 05.09.14

12 -1 pm Boarding at Angel/Wharf Road

1- 3 pm Boat in Transit/ Performance

3 -5 pm Boarding at Broadway Market

5-6 pm Boat in Transit/ Performance

6pm Disembarking at Victoria Park

 

SAT 6.09.14

12 - 2 pm Boarding at Victoria Park

2-4 pm Boat in Transit/ Performance

4 - 6pm Boarding at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

6 - 8pm Boat in Transit/ Performance

8 pm Disembarking at White Building

 

SUN 7.09.14

12 - 2 pm Boarding at White Building

2 - 4pm Boast in Transit/ Performance

4 - 6 pm Boarding at Springfield Park

6 - 7 pm Boat in Transit/ Performance

7 pm Disembarking at Tottenham Hale