August 5th 2009

Line-Up Confirmed

All 40 projects have now been confirmed, and the countdown to create the work is well and truly on. Over the next 5 months the artists involved will be thinking, sketching, experimenting, making, doing and everything in between to come up with their final piece for the exhibition in January.

We’ll see installations, sculptures, moving image, books, posters and lots more besides before we start to fill the gallery at the beginning of 2010. From now on, this blog will document how all of the contributors are getting on, giving you a behind the scenes look at how things are coming together for the grand unveiling.

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June 10th 2009

Marion Deuchars & Margaret Calvert

I’m not sure that there’s anything that I can say that hasn’t already been written about Margaret Calvert - one half of the brains behind all the road signs you see every single day. Master editorial illustrator Marion Deuchars asked her to team up with her for IYC Collaborate and this is their plan:

“The M1, Britain’s first “full-length” motorway, connecting the North to the South, carries over 130,000 motorists a day. The southern section of the M1 from St Albans to Birmingham was opened in 1959.

‘A trip down the motorway’ is a collaboration between Margaret Calvert and Marion Deuchars, utilising the materials used to manufacture the signs. We are honoured to have this as part of the show and are very excited to see their progress!

Marion Deuchars
Margaret Calvert