Name Julius Popp
Medium Water, valves, computer
Title bit.fall
Location and Times

bit.fall (Canary Wharf): Under the DLR bridge, Chancellor Passage, London E14 5AB (7 - 9am and 4 - 10pm)
bit.fall (Bankside): In the river beside Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 (viewable two hours either side of high tide)

View tide table for bit.fall (Bankside) here

"... a waterfall of words cascades into the river..." 

The fascinating bit.fall, a waterfall creating a cascade of words sourced from live news feeds, is by the German artist, Julius Popp.

A series of valves open to let droplets of water fall to form letters and words.  The work is a play between the highly technological system and its relationship to the natural elements. The end result is a beautiful and spectacular visual experience.

The fascinating bit.fall,  is a typographical waterfall that creates a cascade of words sourced from live news. A series of valves open to let droplets of water fall to form letters and words. The work is a play between the highly technological system and its relationship with the natural elements. The end result is a beautiful and spectacular visual experience.
The Bankside bit.fall is linked to the tidal Thames and operates only when the tide is high enough to spark its sophisticated mechanism into operation. This is the first time Julius Popp has linked his world-renowned installation to a river tide. The Canary Wharf bit.fall is also a first for London: it is the largest bit.fall ever created by the artist.

Artist James Capper
Medium Steel, light, motor
Title Sea Light
Location and Times
In the river at Bankside Pier, Bankside, London SE1. The installation is wind-powered and, conditions allowing, glows in the river after dark.

Courtesy of Hannah Barry Gallery

"...a ghostly light shines its lonely beacon from the water…”

James Capper’s mysterious Sea Light is a wind-powered fog light that is placed directly in the waters of the Thames. Set on a mechanical structure reminiscent of 1960’s engineering, the light glows – wind conditions permitting – from the river as night falls.

Artist Christian Grou and Tapio Snellman
Medium LED video installation
Title Flowlight
Location and Times
Paul’s Walk, North Bank (the walkway opposite Tate Modern).
6th December 2010 - 8th January 2011

“…a video installation reflects the speed of London life…”

Located in the heart of one of the busiest parts of the river, Flowlight is a film that captures and celebrates the flow of movement across London and explores the area’s scale, speed and intensities. People and scenes will move in high speed and colour in this work by the artists Christian Grou and Tapio Snellman.

Artist Frank Bölter
Medium Paper, rope
Title To The World’s End
Location and Times

Tuesday 2nd November - Canary Wharf. - performance completed

1230: Artist folds boat with help of public volunteers
1600: Artist embarks on first sailing in Middle Dock
1800: Artist embarks on second sailing in Middle Dock

Saturday 6th November - St Katharine Docks - performance completed

1230: Artist folds boat with help of public volunteers
1500: Artist embarks on first sailing in the Dock

“…...an origami paper boat is folded on the river bank,
then sailed away...…”

Over two days in early November, German artist  Frank Bölter  staged two touching performances of World’s End . The performances, in which the public helped Frank fold and launch a paper boat, before he sailed away in it, grabbed the imagination of London and the rest of the world where it was picked up by the media from Canada to China. Please click on link to view coverage of the St Katharine Docks’ performance on Discovery Channel, Canada.