Reflections I (2026)

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Can censorship improve the aesthetics of crowd-sourced participatory art?

Russ Jones
Reflections I
East Village, London
2.4x2.4x2.4m
Ink, markers, steel chains, aluminium, wood, imitation grass

A 2.4 x 2.4 x 2.4 m mirrored metal cube was installed in East Village, London.

Each face carried visual prompts in the form of vinyl decals, and marker pens were chained to the structure at specific points, limiting the reach of given colours and directing where marks could land.

For three weeks, people were free to write, draw, vandalise, confess, and correct one another.

When the decals and pens were finally removed, what remained was a record of public behaviour defined by the system, the marks and the limits that shaped them.

This is the result of participants' interaction, filtered through the artist's pre-set constraints.

Public Installation (7 Jan 2026 - 4 Feb 2026)

Supported by Get Living

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