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Rivers of the world Catalogue 2006
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Puzzle PathwayThree Rivers in Three Cities
Puzzle PathwayThree Rivers in Three Cities
For three weeks, London’s vibrant south bank is spectacularly transformed with giant works of art created
through an ambitious international project linking schools from across the globe. This Thames Festival
project, run in collaboration with the British Council, the Department for Education and Skills and funded
by HSBC Education, Jack Petchey Foundation and John Lyons Charity, connects young people from London
Challenge schools with young people in Kolkata (India) and Chongqing (China).
Sixteen of the thirty-two participating schools in London were partnered up either with a school in Kolkata
or in Chongqing. The participating thirteen and fourteen year-old pupils studied their river and researched a
common theme such as wildlife, trade, development, history and the environment. Their fi ndings provided
inspiration for drawings, paintings, photographs and other media. Artist and design facilitators then showed
the students how to manipulate their work on computers and encouraged them to create a single and
coherent work in the style of a contemporary artist such as Chris Offi li, Damien Hirst, Gilbert & George,
Banksy and Andy Goldsworthy. Facilitators in Kolkata and Chongqing developed their work using Indian and
Chinese techniques and artists as style-guides.
In London, the 48 three-metre high artworks will be displayed on 32 pillars along the riverside Queen’s
Walkway from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge from Monday 28 August until Sunday 17 September in
the run-up to The Mayor’s Thames Festival celebrations taking place over 16 and 17 September.
The artworks will also be exhibited on Nanbin-Lu, Chongqing’s newly developed park beside the Yangtze
River in Chongqing from 29 September to 15 October 2006 and along the banks of the River Ganges in
Millennium Park as part of Kolkata’s Riverfront Festival in December 2006.
It is estimated that the Puzzle Pathway will be seen by more than three million people in London,
Chongqing and Kolkata.
Director of Education and Training Group at the British Council, Professor Mary Stiasny, said: `The British
Council is delighted to support this year’s Thames Festival with a pioneering initiative that is truly global in
terms of its scope. The resulting artworks on display along the South Bank are simply dazzling. The Puzzle
Pathway also lays the foundation for future international collaboration in view of the 2008 Olympics in
Beijing and London in 2012.’
Launched nine years ago with an amazing high-wire walk across the River Thames, the Thames Festival
has grown to become the capital’s largest free, open-air arts festival. The celebrations aim to promote
London as a world city, to refl ect the richness of London’s cultural communities and to foster a greater
understanding and appreciation of the River Thames.
For more information click on www.thamesfestival.org
Chongqing Schools involved in the Puzzle Pathway Project
Baxian Middle School, Fengjie Middle School, Fulin No 5 Middle School, No 37 Middle School, Southwest University Affi liated School, Wanzhou Language School, Yongchaun Middle School, Yunyang Middle School
Kolkata Schools involved in the Puzzle Pathway Project
Assembly of God Church School, BD Memorial Institute, Birla High School, DPS Megacity School, Future Hope School, MSB School, Pailan World School, Vivekananda Mission School
London Challenge Schools involved in the Puzzle Pathway Project
BrentCapital City Academy, Preston Manor High School
HackneyHackney Free and Parochial School, Skinners Company’s School for Girls
Harrow Bentley Wood High School for Girls, Hatch End High School, Nower Hill High School, St Gregory’s RC Science College
Kensington & ChelseaCardinal Vaughan School, Sion Manning School
LambethArchbishop Tenison’s CE School, Charles Edward Brooke School, Crofton School, Lilian Baylis Technology School, London Nautical School, Stockwell Park High School
LewishamAddey and Stanhope School, Catford Girls’ School, St Joseph’s Academy, Sydenham School
Merton Raynes Park High School, Ricards Lodge High School
SouthwarkSt Michael’s RC School, St Thomas the Apostle College, Waverley School
Tower HamletsMulberry School for Girls, Oaklands School, Raines Foundation School, St Paul’s Way School
WestminsterPimlico School, St Georges RC School, St Marylebone CE School
Addey and Stanhope School Lewisham
Artists Shona Watt and Pete Gomes led art and
design workshops with a school class group. Pupils
researched the Wildlife of the River Thames and
then, facilitated by Shona and Pete, made an artwork
based on their fi ndings in the style of Damien Hirst.