SPACE ILFORD Billboard commission, East London (October 2024 – March 2025)

Ilford son is a tribute to Nigel Benn, the Ilford-born boxing legend. The two-time world champion, originally from Henley Road and of Barbadian heritage, had an international career during the 1980s and 90s, fighting some of the best of his era. Benn earned prestigious titles such as the WBO Middleweight World Champion and the WBC Super-Middleweight World Champion.

The artwork combines a data visualisation that showcases key information from all of Benn’s fights with a digital representation of him generated through AI. This modern digital approach is balanced with an analogue photographic process from the 19th century known as cyanotype, resulting in a handmade Prussian blue print.

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