Lizzie Mary Cullen (A04) in London Illustration Challenge
23 May 2011
"an epic challenge of pens, endurance and psycho-geography"
Illustrator Lizzie Mary Cullen (A04) and creative-process blog Think-Work-Play.com have teamed up to develop an epic challenge of pens, endurance and psycho-geography.
The 24-hour PENDURANCE Challenge will see Lizzie attempt to illustrate 50 London locations in under 24-hours.
Starting in Charing Cross at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday 1st June, Lizzie will be given instruction on specific locations to draw by Twitter users, through use of the hashtag #LizzieTWP.
The plan is to create a hand-drawn, psycho-geographic map of an alternative London - the assumption being that sites suggested will be of personalised, emotional significance to the Tweeter, rather than London landmarks - submissions are more likely to be chosen if there’s a good story that comes with the suggestion. Lizzie will be traversing the city, seeking out these hidden treasures to illustrate on location. She will spend a minimum of ten minutes on each drawing before making the sprint to the next site. Using London’s transport infrastructure, including the trusty “Boris bike”, speed and skill are essential if the map is to be both clear and complete within the 24-hour timeframe. Illustration requests will be uploaded to Flickr on-the-fly and Twitter followers will be updated through a dedicated stream of news and images via @Think_Work_Play
For more information on Lizzie and here work visit: www.lizziemarycullen.com/about/
Best of luck Lizzie!