Making progress

Making Progress called for revellers in the absurd, believers in dead pan and those who delight in art’s capacity for questioning accepted norms, to make their way to the canal banks of London as the artist became a white suited figurehead, attached to the bow of a barge as it wound its way through the waterways of London at 2 mph. The traditional use of these embellishments to signify the ship’s ferocity and strength was diminished and applied to a small barge. Intently pointing ahead, towards a questionably greater future, Costello’s idea of progress resided at several centimetres in front of his constantly pointed finger. 

Inaugural Performance: Regents Park & Camden Lock

images: AK Purkiss

Mapping Making Progress: Keep Moving Forward

Day 1: Camden Lock, Kings Cross & Angel Tunnel

Day 2: City Road, Broadway Market & Victoria Park

Day 3: Old Ford Lock, The Cut, Olympic Stadium & Hackney Wick

Day 4: Millfields Park, Springfield Park & Tottenham Hale (Finissage & Artist talk)