Mark King, designer and founder of Ulric + Arly, recently collaborated with Dr John Marsden, Professor of Addiction Psychology at King’s College London and Changing 7, a group of people with lived experience of treatment and recovery from substance use, to create an art installation entitled ‘Look on me and be renewed’.

The show was commissioned by UP Projects in partnership with Science Gallery at King’s College London and Team London Bridge and reflects on the interplay between human beings, objects and environments, and highlights the way in which visual prompts from our surroundings are connected to the behavioural patterns and rhythms that govern or determine our decisions and experiences. The collaborative piece was developed through a series of process-led workshops where the group explored the presence of visible and invisible patterns in our daily lives. The workshop sessions included garment customisation, a photography field day in London Bridge and an analysis session that considered the cognitive impact of the built environment.

The multi-faceted artwork opens today and will be shown in the ‘Free Will’ section of HOOKED at Science Gallery London and on the ground floor of the building as a site-specific installation until January 6, 2019.

Up UP Projects curates and commissions contemporary art for public places. You can read more about the project here.