Transforming London’s buses during the Olympic year

During the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we took over the iconic red London double deckers on the 205 bus route – the one that runs from the City of London to the East End.

100 children from 3 primary schools and local older people worked with printmaker Janet Brooke, and poet Surya Turner to make a 10 metre artwork to decorate the upper ceiling of the double decker buses. Surya worked with sound artist Dan Scott to create a soundscape of poetry, stories and street sound that tells some of the tales behind the images.

Susan Langford, founder and first Director of Magic Me said at the time:

“East London will be full of visitors this year and we want to welcome them and show them the richness of our local area – its people, architecture, and day to day life. From weathervanes, to The Bell Foundry, international firms to market stalls – the East End has everything.”