| Here | |
| Artist: | Thomson & Craighead |
| Medium: | Metal |
| Height Metric: | 2.64 |
| Width Metric: | 0.12 |
| Length Metric: | 0.82 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
| City: | North Greenwich, London |
| Coordinates: | 51.5032°N -0.0015°W |
Here is a 2013 artwork created by artist duo Thomson & Craighead. The work, a standard UK road sign pointing northwards, is situated on a riverside path on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London, where it forms part of The Line, a public sculpture trail that very roughly follows the path of the Prime Meridian as it crosses the River Thames.
Created by Thomson & Craighead in 2013, Here is formed by a standard 2.64m tall UK road sign pointing north and displaying the 24,859 mile distance around the circumference of the earth back to the sign's position.[1] [2] Maggie Gray in art magazine Apollo said: "Such pieces command attention and, once they have it, direct that attention outwards to their surroundings, or back on to the viewer."[3]
In 2014, it was one of nine works chosen from over 70 submissions for the inaugural year of The Line,[1] an art project distributed along a three-mile route following some of London's waterways between Stratford and North Greenwich.[4] The route opened in 2015.[5] [6] The five Greenwich elements of The Line also form part of an art trail across the Greenwich Peninsula.[7]