Breathing life into 12 landmark London buildings
Simon Elliott and Auro Foxcroft London

Auro Foxcroft and Simon Elliott

Project Blog

Wim Wenders and Todd Haynes

22 September 2009

Two of the world's most respected and ground-breaking film makers are keen on our project - and we couldn't be more excited. Approaching high-profile artists, film makers and creative people is always a hit and miss affair, but we think the strength of Breathing Humans into Buildings is demonstrated by the interest expressed by none other than Wim Wenders and Todd Haynes.

Producer Jeremy Goldstein joins the team

12 September 2009

We’re delighted to welcome to the team producer Jeremy Goldstein of London Artists Projects. Jeremy comes flushed with Edinburgh success, having won a Fringe First for A Life in Three Acts, a performance piece developed from conversations between Mark Ravenhill and legendary Bloolips drag artist Bette Bourne.
Jeremy was also jointly responsible, with Maria Carnesky, for Carnesky’s Ghost Train – blending performance art with fairground ride to wide acclaim.

About the project

Simon Elliott (Ahh….Arts Igniting Minds) and Auro Foxcroft (Village Underground) would lead some of the world’s most exciting artists and creatives, to breathe Olympic fervour into London’s celebrated buildings. Can London’s buildings feel? Could the city become so charged with the Olympic spirit and sense of brilliance that it becomes animated and begins to move? Can a whole city empathise with the Olympic Games? This project would be the first of many future expositions, which would breathe life into our architecture. Mammoth video projections will create the illusion that the buildings are breathing, feeling, leaning, turning. Artists interpret the emotions, tone, play and actions of Olympic athletes, charging them with such spirit of the games that London’s buildings will actually be seen to move. In partnership with London Open House
 
 

About the artist

Auro Foxcroft and Simon Elliott