{"title":"Elizabeth Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Wright is a British artist whose practice often defamiliarises ordinary objects and existing architectural structures, shifting them into sculptural or perceptual events. Her work operates through subtle shifts in everyday architecture and site-specific public commissions, turning car parks, tunnels, platforms, and transit infrastructure into viewing apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer public commissions include works for the Gateshead Metro tunnel (2005, commissioned by Nexus, curated by Locus+) and other site-specific projects across the UK. She has been associated with Locus+, the Newcastle-based agency for the commissioning and production of time-based and site-specific art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItems in this section include artist publications and printed matter produced in connection with Wright’s public and site-specific works.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"elizabeth-wright-space-travel-locus-plus-newcastle-2005","title":"ELIZABETH WRIGHT — Space Travel, Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Travel\u003c\/em\u003e, Elizabeth Wright. Locus+ \/ Nexus, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2005. Softcover artist publication with CD, 25 × 18 cm, 32 pages. Edition of 1,500. Essay: ‘Park and Ride’ by Dave Beech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished to accompany Wright’s 2005 public artwork for the Gateshead Metro tunnel, commissioned by Nexus and curated by Locus+. The tunnel work consisted of 115 images of car parks, installed as light-reflective panels and seen from the Metro train as a moving sequence between Gateshead and Newcastle Central Station — described at the time as the first public artwork commissioned for a railway tunnel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication uses a stark black-and-white graphic language: a barcode-like band wraps across front and back covers; interior spreads use wide white margins and horizontal image strips, echoing film, signage, transport graphics, and the fleeting view from a train window. The original CD is present inside, visually integrated with the circular \u003cem\u003eSpace Travel\u003c\/em\u003e graphic label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWright’s practice often defamiliarises ordinary objects and existing architectural structures, shifting them into sculptural or perceptual events. Here, the car park, tunnel, platform, sign, and train window all become part of the work’s viewing apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA publication for a work that could only be properly seen in transit. The original artwork belonged to movement, speed, and partial visibility: a sequence passing the passenger for seconds at a time. The book reverses that condition. It fixes the tunnel into pages, converts a public artwork into a distributable support, and turns a Metro journey into an object that can be held, stored, sold, and reclassified. Not simply documentation. A printed afterlife for a work located between places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good used condition. Light surface soiling, rubbing, handling marks, soft corners, and age-related wear. CD visually present but untested. Ships carefully packed; international shipping available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Locus+","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53886386667858,"sku":"WRIGHT-LOCUSPLUS-CAT-2005","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Wright_Elizabeth._Space_Travel._2005.jpg?v=1782833939"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/elizabeth-wright.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}