Lavender is a neon artwork installed on the façade of the railway arch adjacent to the southern boundary of the Vista site.
Since the industrial revolution, the landscape of Battersea, home to the iconic Power Station, has been largely associated with heavy industry. The nearby River Thames provided water for transport, steam engines and water-intensive industrial processes.
Prior to this, the primary industry had been agriculture. Following the arrival of the Huguenots in the 16th century one of the major crops they planted was lavender, still acknowledged today in road and place names such as Lavender Hill.
Playful and slightly overwhelming in scale, S. Mark Gubb's Lavender brings a shifted perspective to the scale of the archway and the surrounding architectural landscape.
