Bodies of Water Launch Event

Haigh Hall, Wigan

13 September 2025

A digital render of a tall sculpture consisting of a large, raised metal rounded shape resembling a slug. On top sits a red creature, large snake tails poking out the back, and aa slug antennae at the front. A collection of metal chains hangs from the sculpture that drop towards a pond that is surrounded by different plants. Various people are walking around the sculpture amongst trees and a walled garden.

Render of Snail on Me, courtesy of Plincke Landscape

UP Projects is working with Barnet Council to curate a programme of artist-led activities to celebrate 100 years of Station Road in Edgware, North London. The programme, that consists of a series of events and a new public artwork, will take place throughout 2023, activating public spaces and places along Station Road and beyond.

This specially curated programme explores the role creative practice can play in bringing communities together and activating the High Street. Inspired by narratives both past, present and future the activities have been designed to inspire longer term social change in Edgware.

The centenary programme is being developed in close collaboration with a host of key partners and local stakeholders including Barnet Council, the London Festival of Architecture, the emerging Business Improvement District, Middlesex University, Ballymore, Transport for London as well as local Edgware-based community groups, businesses and youth centres.

Click on the individual project pages below to find out more about the events we have planned and the development of the new artwork on Edgware High Street.

The Edgware Centenary Programme is curated by UP Projects and commissioned by Barnet Council.

Artists

Holly Graham

she/her
Artist

Emma Smith

she/her
Artist

Ruth Beale

she/her/they/them
Artist

Richard Reynolds

he/him
Gardener

Torange Khonsari

she/her
Academic and Designer

Becky Lyon

she/her
Artist