Bus shelters throughout London are being used to showcase artwork from the general public on top using LED lights, and the top deck of buses is the best place to view the artwork. So far, thirty bus shelters have been transformed to display art. The organisers, Dennen and Le Dieu state that "the installations are intended to pleasantly and wonderfully disrupt commuters experience of riding on buses" and "inspire joy and wonder in the last place you'd expect it - on the roof of a bus shelter. (1)"
Anyone can submit artwork, and this encourages artists from all over the world to interact and submit artwork to display in the LED lights on top of the shelters. Submissions can be made by visiting the Bus Tops website at http://bus-tops.com/create/. Some examples of the artwork can be viewed here: http://bus-tops.com/explore/interesting/. I have included three of my favourites below.
From top:
"Homage II Rebooted" by Nansky
"Tatooed Couple" Steve_Tiffany
"Do the Breakfast Dance" by Matt_Partridge
The display is a part of the Cultural Olympiad, "Artists Taking the Lead" programme. You can visit the website to submit your artwork until the end of June, and "Bus Tops" also has a Twitter profile here: http://twitter.com/#!/bus_tops
1) Beekmans, Jeroen, How bus shelters became art installations. http://popupcity.net/2009/09/how-bus-shelters-become-art-installations/ [22 September, 2009].
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