LONDON HOUSING CRISIS

  • Lorna Boyle
The aim of this project was to critique the current housing crisis in London which is spiralling out of control. I created an art installation in one of London’s most salubrious neighbourhoods, Jacob’s Island. The installation was made up of 11 bird houses, each hand painted and carrying a shocking fact or statistic about London housing. I also calculated how expensive it would be to ‘buy’ or ‘rent’ a bird house in Jacob’s Island and put two of the bird houses up for sale and for rent at £304 and 25p per calendar month respectively. I wanted to point out just how ludicrously expensive London land has become by alluding to a future where we might begin charging birds who want to occupy the space!