Teabag material is transformed into vibrant colourful wall-hangings at The Lightbox. © The Lightbox
The Lightbox in Woking, Surrey is currently hosting a programme of five temporary art installations, using the versatile non-exhibition spaces to explore how waste can be transformed into art.
The ‘Art of Recycling’ programme will continue through to May 2009, and will enable the artists to showcase new work using discarded materials transformed into innovative and contemporary pieces of artwork.
“Recycling is a very appropriate exhibition for a gallery and museum situated in the country’s leading borough for green achievements,” said Director Marilyn Scott.
“Our eyes have really been opened by the beauty of these installations. Who would have thought that recycled five-pound-notes and old rags, bits of cast-off tubing and scrap agents’ boards could have been so cleverly transformed into such attractive pieces? I urge people to come and have a look at these striking pieces.”
Artist Nick Sayers is one of the five artists showcasing his work at The Lighthouse. His installation, entitled To Live, is comprised of hundreds of scrap estate agent boards transformed into a giant spherical football.
Nick Sayers's installation entitled 'To Live' with his daughter Neve taking a closer look at the estate agents' boards used. © Nick Sayers / The Lightbox
It is a geodesic shelter with an entrance hole for people to clamber in and out, and the piece attempts to comment on the current economic climate, homelessness and sustainable building methods.
Other installations include Lucy Fergus’s Re-silicone Lining, which re-uses silicone tubing and rubber cut-offs for The Lightbox’s central staircase handrail, and Jane Ponsford’s delicate paper artworks, entitled Translations, which is exhibited on the top floor.
More installations will arrive in the next few months to compliment the works already on show.
Entry to The Lighthouse and to see the recycled art is free. For more information, visit the website www.thelightbox.org.uk
