Art within the new Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital will be used to transform spaces and help people find their way around the building. Four artists have been selected by the arts steering group, made up of patients, staff representatives and members of the project team.
This video features one of the artists, Daniel Silver, talking about his work which will be a focal point welcoming visitors to the building.
Daniel has taken the Roman boat as the inspiration and starting point for the Welcome commission which is fitting to his practice. The Roman boat was found in 1958 and is buried 4.8m beneath the site on which the new Cancer Centre is being built and remains protected as a scheduled ancient monument.
His work reflects on archaeology and its influence and impact on us today. This vessel, abandoned in the tidal creek of Guy’s Channel and its preservation is a valuable link to our history and our collective journey. Daniel held many conversations with Roy Stephenson, Head of the Archaeological Collection at the Museum of London, about the London landscape and the sorts of boats that would travel on the waters of the Thames to influence and inspire the sculpture. The depiction of a boat as a focal point and a welcome to visitors to the hospital seems appropriate, positioned adjacent the road with the centre docked on its journey.
More information about the new Cancer Centre at Guy's Hospital: http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our...
More information about Daniel: http://danielsilver.org/
