I first read about the mosaic house by Carrie Reichardt on InspiringCity's blog. I currently work on Chiswick High Road, so I went to take a look during one sunny day when I had my camera with me. I had no idea this was here, unseemingly tucked away in a street not far from Chiswick Park station in a row of terraced houses. The mosaic completion actually took place at the end of March; I wasn't unable to visit it then because the weather was pretty rubbish and I've been quite busy with work. So I waited until a nice day in April.
I've covered Carrie's work on this blog before, such as at the Endangered13 Project in Bow. Another project before the house was the taxi, pictured above. This was to protest the judicial system for punishing Kenny Whitmore, whom she feels was wrongly accused.
The house mosaic project was completed by several mosaic artists from all over the world. Isidora Paz Lopez (Chile), Phillipe Vignal (France, who is known for creating the 'space bugs' that we often see in east London), ATM Street Art, Sian Wonnish, and Philly K Bhambi are a few of the contributors.
The 'Tiki Love Truck' was also parked outside when I visited. It was at a V&A exhibition and commemorated Joe Amador who was sentenced to death in Texas. There are other tributes to prisoners who got the death penalty.
Tamara Froud contributed to the 'Alice in Wonderland' piece, and the 'space bugs' can be seen below. There are so many items that you cannot possibly see them all at once! New items will always be seen on a second visit.
This house can be seen on Fairlawn Grove, near Chiswick Park underground or near South Acton overground.
InspiringCity have done a more thorough review of the house on the blog, so it's worth a visit to read about it and see more photographs in these two posts:
https://inspiringcity.com/2018/02/10/the-hidden-secrets-of-carrie-reichardts-mosaic-house/
https://inspiringcity.com/2017/03/20/carrie-reichardts-west-london-house-is-covered-from-head-to-foot-in-mosaic-by-artists-from-around-the-world/
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