'Navigators and friends': An Interview with Former Olympic Park Artist in Residence Neville Gabie and Curator Sam Wilkinson

Neville Gabie was Olympic artist-in-residence between October 2010 and December 2011 at the Olympic Park in London, UK. Gabie was the only artist on-site during the construction phase of the Park and, with curator Sam Wilkinson, he developed Great Lengths, a series of public art pieces about the sit...

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Published inContemporary theatre review Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 593 - 597
Main Author Zaiontz, Keren
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.11.2013
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Artists
Cities
Construction
Economic crisis
Gabie, Neville
Olympic Games
Paralympic Games
Public art
United Kingdom > UK
London, England
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Summary:Neville Gabie was Olympic artist-in-residence between October 2010 and December 2011 at the Olympic Park in London, UK. Gabie was the only artist on-site during the construction phase of the Park and, with curator Sam Wilkinson, he developed Great Lengths, a series of public art pieces about the site and its workers. In an interview with Keren Zaiontz, Gabie and Wilkinson discuss the challenge of creating art on a construction site that also acted as a global stage for the UK in the lead up to and during the 2012 London Summer Games.
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ISSN:1048-6801
1477-2264
DOI:10.1080/10486801.2013.839184