In 2017, the new U. S. embassy in London unveiled a painting by visual artist Mark Bradford titled ‘We The People’, and Hungry Eye was part of the team that filmed the installation process.
‘We The People’ (2017) is a site-specific painting by Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford created for the new U.S. Embassy building in London. The painting, which is comprised of 32 ten-foot square panels and took a year to complete, occupies the entirety of the Embassy’s atrium. ‘We The People’ depicts fragments and full articles from the U.S. Constitution, a text that the artist has integrated into his works since 2013. The upper left corner of this monumental painting begins with the Preamble to the Constitution, which states where political power resides: the People. Taken as a whole, the panels recreate the introduction of this document rendered in Bradford’s abstract visual language.
Source: https://art.state.gov/us-embassy-london-bradford/
In this occasion, the nature of the event permitted us to incorporate time-lapses of different strategic stages to capture the magnitude of the process itself, as well as the amount of work and effort it required to be completed. We enjoyed collaborating with our friend Christ Laing, whose creative vision made these shots possible. The time-lapses include an exterior shot of the building, the organisation and preparation of the panels, and the construction of the scaffolding.
Watch the video here: