Projects - Artichoke

Artichoke projects transform the world we live in

We have commissioned and produced some of the most celebrated outdoor art in recent times.

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A landscape image of Butterley Resevoir. Rolling hills of fields and trees cover the image in warm orange, green and brown tones. There is a winding blue body of water cutting through the middle of the hills. The blue sky above is dotted with white fluffy clouds

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HERD

A billboard of the artwork 'Care' by Dola Posh on a busy London road. A black woman sits atop her bed with a toddler sat cross-legged in front of her. She is wearing a floral robe with a burgundy head wrap. The woman combs out her daughter's afro and puts it into twists.

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The Gallery Season 3

An image of a cake against a blue background on a billboard. The text, written in icing, on the cake reads: 'Let Them Eat Nothing'.

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The Gallery Season 2

Rzd‘Dandi 7’ by Nia De indias. Streetview x motion blur. The Gallery, Season 1, 2022. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Yves Salmon. Borough High Street.

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The Gallery Season 1

Imagineer Artichoke – Sanctuary, Bedworth

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Sanctuary

The facade of the Guildhall lit up with a multicoloured installation that is animated based on the music from someone playing the grand piano

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City Lights

Man jumping in the air about to dunk a basketball into the net, on the right are two men one of which is holding up a microphone recording the sounds

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Ready to Drop

Below view of colourful banners with different messages around women's rights hanging in a brightly lit building

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Women Making History

Man facing away and standing with his arms wide open - there is a giant shadow of him that is at the centre of the image

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Gilgamesh

A shadow of the tree and in the backgroud is an emerald and blue light roof over the Connemara mountains valley

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Savage Beauty

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Imminence

(L-R) Kate Clanchy, Stella Hall, Toby Ealden, Dan Shorten, Learning Curve: Syllabus for the Future, Durham, 2019. Photo by Matthew Andrews.

Talk/Conference

Learning Curve: Syllabus for the Future

Apollo Pavilion illuminated in striped monochrome light.

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Apollo 50

Light installation Hidden Voices: PROCESSIONS in the City at night in Aldgate Square

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Hidden Voices: PROCESSIONS in the City

Crowd of women dressed in purple, white and green holding up banners

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PROCESSIONS

Who Are We and Where Are We Headed? Lumiere Durham 2017. Produced by Artichoke. Supported by the European Commission. Photo by Artichoke

Talk/Conference

Who Are We and Where Are We Headed?

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London’s Burning Talks Programme

London 1666 wooden structure engulfed in flames

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London’s Burning

The Heart and Soul of The City, Bloomberg Symposium, Lumiere London 2016. Produced by Artichoke. Supported by the Mayor of London. Photo by Artichoke

Talk/Conference

The Heart and Soul of the City, The Bloomberg Lumiere London Symposium

Deanna Van Buren on stage at the Lumiere Durham 2015 conference

Talk/Conference

Light, Art, The Universe and Everything

Close up of the Temple structure engulfed in flames

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Temple

Light, Art, the Universe and Everything, the Lumiere Durham 2015 Conference. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Steven Landles

Talk/Conference

Art Means Business — How Culture Can Change the World

Image of a brown eye projected onto a brick wall

Talk/Conference

The Eye and Lumiere Durham 2013

Peace Camp in the evening

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Peace Camp

People sat a dining table are looking at a man pointing at one of the people seated. He is dressed as a King with a crown, a white painted face and pink circles on his cheeks

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Dining With Alice

60 Second Cathedral, Dominik Lejman, Lumiere Durham 2011. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Matthew Andrews

Talk/Conference

The Future of European Collaboration: A Cultural Symposium

Peace camp at Cemaes Bay

Talk/Conference

The Gardens of England

La Machine, La Machine, 2008. Produced by Artichoke in Liverpool for the European Capital of Culture celebrations. Photo by Matthew Andrews

Talk/Conference

City Limits

Crowds outside standing outside of the magical menagerie

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The Magical Menagerie

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Talk/Conference

The Politics of Cultural Disruption

A giant mechanical Spider climbing a building in Liverpool

Talk/Conference

Along Came a Spider

Neon Dogs, Deepa Mann-Kler, Lumiere Durham 2019. Produced by Artichoke. Photo by Matthew Andrews.

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Lumiere

Person standing on the fourth plinth for One & Other

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One & Other

La Machine

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La Machine

The Telectroscope

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The Telectroscope

lThe Sultan’s Elephant, Royal de Luxe, 2006. Produced by Artichoke in London. Photo by Sophie Laslett

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Larger Than Life

Giant puppet The Sultan's Elephant picking up a yellow pick up truck with its trunk with a crowd around it.

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The Sultan’s Elephant