ARTIST COMMISSION: 'Lighting up the Lea' Cabinet of Curiosity No.2 2025

The second in a series of three works funded by the Heritage fund, Cody Dock will commission an artist or creative collective to design a public work to illustrate the rich and endless history of the Lower Lea River, focusing particularly Pre- industrial period.

We expect the artist to take inspiration from the dockside carts that vendors used to sell their wares in London’s docklands, to produce a publicly engaging, outdoor work that will be moveable around our site.

Eligibility: Any individual artist or collective. Applications from Newham will instantly be added to the shortlist.

What you get: £5400 fee, including production budget. Support through R&D and production processes as well as marketing once work is completed. The work will be revealed on 21st September 2025 and will remain as a permanement exhibition on our site.

Deadline 28 March 2025

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