Life is a Laugh by Brian Griffiths

Above is an image of the latest installation for 'Platform for Art'; London Underground's public art programme designed to showcase and celebrate a rich and vibrant art scene.

"For this new sculptural installation Life Is a Laugh, commissioned by London Underground’s art programme Platform for Art, Brian Griffiths has constructed an epic 70-metre long site-specific artwork. Conscious of the transitional nature of both the site and its occupants the work taps into the character of this fleetingly captive audience, exaggerating a sense of expectation tinged with boredom, mental doodling and day-dreaming."

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/artmusicdesign/pfa/artists/lifeisalaugh.asp

The purpose of this piece seems to be to make the eye run along the vast span of the artwork and to have an almost abandoned feeling. It leaves you thinking 'what do these objects have in common?' or 'why is there a 7.5 m panda face in an underground tunnel?'

I think this is a fantastic installation by Brian Griffiths using unconventional objects for the surroundings and combining them to create something different and exciting. His installation wants to be a strucuture but it defies the basic principles of architecture. There is also alot of humour in his work which shows through and turns what is initially dead-space into a visual experience.