The press of Heather & Ivan Morison Publication: Headline: Selected editorial: By Sue Hubbard Artists are turning their backs on the insular metropolitan scene and engaging with the threats facing the environment Heather and Ivan Morison are keen amateur gardeners. Their passion for all things green has inspired work on the commercial flower industry: I lost her near Fantasy Island. Life has not been the same (2006) was a jackknifed lorry spilling out its load of 25,000 flowers in a street in Bristol city centre. The installation was dispersed by members of the public as they walked home carrying armfuls of sunflowers, irises and roses. "Through a long-term series of interventions we hope we can influence the conscious of the public," Ivan explains, "jolting people out of the everyday, transporting them somewhere quite different, and, in doing so, making them think." For their commission from Transport for London to mark the 15 December centenary of the Piccadilly Line, the Morisons will produce 52 sound pieces to celebrate one living creature each week. Broadcast between announcements at Knightsbridge Tube, the works will encourage awareness of an environment beyond the London metropolis.
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