Glow home 2024
Glow Home is a permanent public artwork for Beckton Globe Library designed in collaboration with communities living and working in Newham. The collection of five neon and timber sculptures explore light, text, and public space. Glow home takes inspiration from Glenn Ligon’s Untitled (Bruise/Blues) (2014), Tracey Emin’s I want my time with you (2018), and Nanda Vigo’s Lo zoo di Enzo (2020), the light installation designed for Enzo Mari. Influencing the commission was Mari’s philosophy of learning by doing which was expanded into a facilitated socially engaged design process involving communities at the Globe.
Lo zo di Enzo (2020) by Nanda Vigo, C-mine, Genk (BE) (2023). Photo by Adam Moore
Adam Moore, A date with knit and natter at Beckton Globe Library, April 2024.
Meeting regularly with Forever Young, Knit and Natter, Lego Club, and library staff, learning about their experiences and what these communities valued about Beckton Globe, everyone was invited to share their reflections by drawing and writing using soft pastel and paper. This practice gave people the opportunity to imagine the kind of luminosity that the public artwork might take, and these drawings were used to design the final artwork.
Adam Moore, A date with Forever Young at Beckton Globe Library, April 2024.
The final designs were created to show people outside passing by what Beckton Globe Library means to the people who use it, to attract and invite people to visit, and to have a positive impact in the environment shining a light on collective and individual experiences within the local community. Made by hand from reclaimed timber and energy efficient RGB neon each design is a symbol, affirmation and wish for the growing communities in and around Beckton Globe Library.
Adam Moore, some of the drawings and text by communities at Beckton Globe Library on the table in the studio, April 2024.
Adam Moore, Tree (2024). Neon, timber, screws, fastenings 190cm x 129cm. A green tree references Beckton Park and the South Beckon allotments parallel to the library.
Adam Moore, Leader (2024). Neon, timber, screws, fastenings 190cm x 129cm. A blue graduation cap and sigma – the greek symbol for independent leadership – references the tutoring that takes place in the library and students who use the Globe.
Adam Moore, Seat (2024). Neon, timber, screws, fastenings 190cm x 129cm. A pink sofa references how at home people feel when they visit the Globe for their groups.
Adam Moore, Book (2024). Neon, timber, screws, fastenings 190cm x 129cm. An orange open book symbolising Beckton Globe Library
The install process completed with Newham based artist, designer, and technician Jamsheed Todiwala at Beckton Globe Library.
Adam Moore, Glow Home (2024). Permanent public artwork. Neon, timber, screws, fastenings. Each design 190cm x 129cm.