Spring is arriving, and with it comes what looks to be one of the busiest years we’ve faced. We’re really happy that our first public piece of 2009, Waves, is up-and-running and seems to be having quite an impact on the unsuspecting population of Chelmsford, where it will now run until the 9th March. We managed to get a bit more video from Monday night and it’s up on the Waves page and vimeo. Some stills from the event can also be seen here.

As is so often the case, the interaction appears to be led by children, who aren’t yet burdened with the reticence that comes with age – and is then taken up by the adults whose responses are hugely varied. An average response seems to go something like this: enquiry > confusion > suspicion > investigation > amusement > spinning in a circle.

In just over a week, we’re off to China, where we’re stopping for a few days in Shanghai before heading to Chongqing for a British Council forum on ‘Transforming Public Spaces’. As the fastest growing city in the world, with something like half a million people arriving every year, the city faces enormous social challenges. We’re hoping to find out something about how the people of Chongqing feel about their public spaces, what place public art might have in such an extraordinary situation, and how our work might translate to such a different context. It promises to be a fascinating exploration.

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