Bus-Tops live!

January 3rd, 2012

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You may have seen a Bus-Top in your travels leading up to the new year, with 20 so far having been installed across London. ‘X Days Till We Live’ was the countdown message and starting on January 1st a brand new series of works from Mark Titchner began across the capital, here’s what he says about his new series:

“Throughout our daily lives, we constantly absorb images and texts that generate desire or ambition; that tell us that we can be more than we are. This project is an attempt to present this phenomenon in its most blunt form as a series of inspirational, though potentially unobtainable, commands: a disembodied voice that is both nurturing and humbling. “31 Day Programme’ is an evolving series of messages and motivational challenges. Daily changing animations invite the viewer to reflect on their aspirations and potential, framed in the language of advertising and motivational books.” The Bus-Tops project continues my interest in placing works in the public realm, particularly the transitional space provided by the city’s travel network.”

Here are the first 3 pieces in the series which have so far been exhibited:


constantly absorb images and texts that generate
desire or ambition; that tell us that we can be
more than we are. This project is an attempt to
present this phenomenon in its most blunt form as
a series of inspirational, though potentially
unobtainable, commands: a disembodied voice that
is both nurturing and humbling.
The Bus-Tops project continues my interest in
placing works in the public realm, particularly
the transitional space provided by the city’s
travel network.”
About the work he is creating for Bus-Tops, Mark
says: “31 Day Programme’ is an evolving series of
messages and motivational challenges. Daily
changing animations invite the viewer to reflect
on their aspirations and potential, framed in the
language of advertising and motivational books.””

We are very nearly ready to launch the main website which will allow anyone to create, submit and share new works to the web and to Bus-Tops installations, so in the meantime you can see the full list of stops so far here: http://bus-tops.com/#where.