UP Projects are working to create a new public artwork and heritage trail on the site of the historic Ford Plant in Dagenham.
We will be working closely with the Women's Museum and Valence House Museum to reveal various local history and heritage narratives relevant to this area of East London with the public artwork responding directly to the Ford Sewing Machinists’ strikes that led to the creation of the Equal Pay act of 1970.
Commissioned as part of a joint venture project by Peabody and Hill Residential Limited, the heritage trail will be artist-led and act as a participatory mechanism for intergenerational learning. UP Projects have also been commissioned to work closely with Peabody and Hill Residential Limited to develop a public art strategy for future phases of the development.
UP Projects are currently working with a wider steering panel to select an artist who will work across the heritage trail and public art commission.
Dagenham Green is a strategic masterplan being developed on the site of the 45-acre former Ford Stamping and Tooling Operations works. Located in East London, the Dagenham Green site lies immediately northeast of Dagenham Dock station (c2c Fenchurch Street-Rainham line) with the A13 fly-over to the south and New Road to the north.