Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2007)
Photographic vinyl prints
Art on the Underground
London
'Core', Tunnel, London Bridge Underground Station
'Intra' at entrance to London Bridge Underground Station
'Hollow
Earth' billboard vinyl print around Southwark Underground Station
July 2007 – May 2008
Produced by Cathy Mager
Digital imaging work by Genesis Imaging
The project began with an installation of Chong Kwan's 'Cockiagne' series at Southwark Underground station. Over two years, Chong Kwan worked with around 150 station staff, catering college students, and market traders. It was sited in three major sites at London Bridge, Southwark and Borough. Taking its title from Jules Verne’s novel that illustrates an extraordinary underground world and refers to bodily digestion and the cooking of the earth, the work wove together science-fictional ideas of subterranean travel with the capital’s gastronomic heritage, which was altered and enriched by people arriving from Britain’s ex-colonies, invited to come to work in transport sector in the 1950s and 60s.
'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
Launch Event
Borough Market
London
Wednesday 18th July 2007
The launch event was held in Borough Market and involved readings of poems, songs, music, and speeches by project participants, local schools, the team at London Underground, the team at Art on the Underground, and Gayle Chong Kwan.
I worked with students in the Catering Department at Southwark College to develop landscapes that became part of the landscape works.
Press Coverage
With huge thanks to Mark Foxwell and all the team at Genesis Imaging.
