The five City of London Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), Aldgate Connect BID, Cheapside Business Alliance, Culture Mile BID, EC BID and Fleet Street Quarter are proud to be the official community partner for Morph’s Epic Art Adventure.
We work to promote and enhance the City of London creating a vibrant destination for all those who visit, live and work in the area.We are delighted to be supporting Morph’s Epic Art Adventure, the UK’s first step-free art trail, taking place during the summer of 2023. Over sixty uniquely designed, super-sized sculptures of much-loved children’s TV character, Morph, are shapeshifting their way through central London to form an extraordinary, free public art trail alongside iconic London landmarks.
The event’s 3D Morph sculptures has been inspired by the animated clay character Morph, who has been making mischief and encouraging generations of kids – and adults – to get creative since the 70s.Morph lives on a desk, within the confines of an artist’s studio. His freedom is limited by his environment, and many of his adventures are born out of a frustration with these limitations and the challenges of being a little guy in a big world. This echoes the daily experience of many young wheelchair users, who find their freedom and independence limited by the world around them.
They are restricted by inaccessible environments, people’s attitudes, behaviour and perceptions of what young wheelchair users aspire to, and can achieve. As part of Morph’s Epic Art Adventure in London, Whizz-Kidz will use the art trail to encourage the public, business community and young people to envision what a more inclusive world might look like for young wheelchair users, and what role they might wish to play in making this a reality. Let’s enable everyone to have epic adventures in London. A new series on Sky Kids, ‘The Epic Adventures of Morph’ sees Morph venture out into the world, and we’d like to see the same unhindered opportunity available to all young wheelchair users across the UK.
At the end of the trail, the Morphs will be auctioned off to raise significant funds for Whizz-Kidz to support young people by providing the wheelchairs, equipment, support and confidence-building experiences they need, and campaigning for a more inclusive society.The City BIDs’ Morphs and Mini-Morphs will be in various locations throughout the City from 19th June – 20th August. Stay tuned for lots of fun and exciting things to do throughout the City this summer and the chance to win a £500 City Gift Card!
To find out more about Morph’s Epic Art Adventure in London click here!
