New Covent Garden Market, the UK’s largest fresh produce market and premier floral wholesaler, has announced that on Saturday 7th July it will host its first ever performance art installation as part of the capital’s Art Night - a trail between Southbank Centre to Battersea Power Station. This year will see 12 special projects curated by Hayward Gallery alongside over 50 venues curated by cultural organisations, independent artists and creatives throughout South Bank, Vauxhall and Nine Elms, as part of Art Night open. The space at the Flower Market at New Covent Garden Market will become a unique stage for a spectacular experiential performance conceived by Canadian-born artist Tamara Henderson.
As part of London’s largest free contemporary arts festival, Henderson will take over the Flower Market from 6pm – 4am, creating a newly commissioned durational performance piece called Vision 3: Flower Transition (2018). As the UK’s biggest, specialist flower and plant hall supplying 75% of London’s florists, the market provides an apt location for this celebration of horticulture.
Ksenia Zemtsova and Philippine Nguyen, Founders of Art Night said “Art Night 2018 will continue to offer an artistic exploration of London, celebrating diversity, culture, heritage and architecture, through an engaging, free and multidisciplinary programme of events. We’re delighted to present the programme in South London for the first time this year and to continue to be a part of the city’s growing night-time culture.”
Artist Anna Skladmann will also create an installation piece for the facade of the Flower Market building. Her work will explore notions of nature and society, cultivation and the machine, using specimens sourced from the market.
Art Night is free to attend and those visiting the Flower Market simply need to turn up between 6pm and 4am on Saturday 7th July to catch Tamara Henderson’s durational performance.
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