Art Installations
Imaginative Installations Inspired by Art, Place and People
Explore a selection of public art, sculptural structures and creative installations designed by Mark Titman.
Each project combines art, culture and design to create memorable spaces that encourage reflection, play and social interaction.
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Pilgrims’ Pool
St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell
Pilgrims’ Pool was designed as a place for wading and washing feet, reflecting the ancient Christian tradition of cleansing the soul and embracing humility.
Pebbles and stepping stones create a journey through the water, framed by flowing white canvas curtains inspired by the temporary tent structures used by Crusaders and pilgrims travelling through the desert.
'Watering Holes' - Installation by Mark Titman in Collaboration with Robin Monotti, now at Green Park, Picadilly.
Watering Holes
Green Park, Piccadilly
Watering Holes is a public drinking fountain designed by Mark Titman in collaboration with Robin Monotti.
The original brief was to create a drinking fountain that could be introduced across all eight Royal Parks. Their design won an international competition against 150 submissions from 26 countries.
The Hive
Inspired by New York’s hive of workers and creative productivity, this demountable inflatable structure takes its form and character from the shape and activity of a bee.
Hale House Dovecote
Hampshire
The courtyard at Hale House is formed by historic barns originally used to store tractors and grounds-maintenance equipment.
As part of proposals to renovate these buildings, a dovecote was designed to house the resident pigeons and doves, protect the equipment below and enhance the barn elevations facing the classical gardens.
Several timber and brick options were developed, each incorporating traditional nesting boxes made from treated timber.
Play Portal
Play Portal explores how a simple structure or hard-landscaping feature can encourage play, imagination and social interaction.
The proposal places a simple stone or concrete portal within housing estates and underused public spaces, allowing local people to imagine their own uses and ways of interacting with it.
Rotating Wind Shelters
Bexhill-on-Sea
Inspired by Bexhill’s lobster boats and the moving sculptures of Alexander Calder, these sculptural timber wind shelters are designed to rotate into the wind and provide protection along the promenade.
The four individually shaped structures would be created by local boat builders, using their traditional skills and knowledge in collaboration with the design team.
As exhibited at The Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art
Cabinets of Curiosity
Exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Cabinets of Curiosity explores the origins of public art exhibitions and the relationship between markets, travelling performers, collected objects and the modern gallery.
Before galleries became established cultural spaces, art, puppetry, theatre and curiosities were presented to the public from mobile platforms, stages and cabinets. The installation reflects this history and the cabinet’s role in the development of the gallery as we know it today.
'Humphrey Repton's Love Seat' - Encombe House, Dorset.
Humphry Repton’s Love Seat
Encombe House, Dorset
Inspired by the romantic character and family history of Encombe House, a love seat and arbour were proposed as a distinctive garden feature.
The installation was designed to connect otherwise separate elements of the landscape while creating a peaceful place to sit and enjoy the surroundings.
Artistic render of the proposal for Walthams ‘Little Forest’.
Waltham’s Little Forest
Waltham’s Little Forest is an enchanted arrangement of 250 telegraph poles positioned at varying densities.
Visitors move through theatrical openings between the poles, gradually entering and exploring the imagined woodland.