The ancient trees, the lush green fields, the winding lake and of course the Latitude’s own art arenas lend themselves perfectly for inspiring and displaying individual pieces of art. Some of Latitude’s most iconic images are of these displays; the 200 multi-coloured sheep that graze lazily by the lake, the over-sized opened book that entices you into the Literary Arena and of course the tree-hung paintings deep in the woodland.

Lavish artists will be up to their old tricks again for this year’s event, making sure there are constant little surprises and treats waiting at every turn.

Artists include:

Mode2 

Mode2 is simply one of the most influential graffiti artists there has ever been. A founding member of one of Europe’s first serious graffiti crews, the Chrome Angelz, whose paintings had pride of place in Henry Chalfont and James Prigoff’s Spraycan Art, he moved to Paris where he painted throughout the 90s, with Parisian grafitti outfit 93 NTM. Mode2 is one of only a few people who successfully bridge the linguistic and cultural divide that separates the two cities. His littering and crisp character paintings are world-famous and Latitude is proud to welcome him back for the second year running.

Johnny Cole



A graduate of the Royal Academy of Art, cult British artists Johnny Cole specialises in the production of small black and white comic books that hold fantastic stories and illustrations about his daily life. Ranging from the poignantly insightful to the downright hilarious, these illustrative masterpieces often cover entire walls, and his covetable pocked-sized editions are fast becoming collector’s items. Johnny will be working in situ on a large panel running through the woods, drawing on his experiences of the festival and its guests as he proceeds; so if you head down to the woods today, you may just find yourself eternalised in one of his storyboards…

James Reuben



The series of highly humourous paintings which James produced for last year’s Latitude proved hugely popular, and revolved around experiments with language as much as image; drawing on his own experience of dyslexia, as well as his vivid, and often dark imagination. The past year has seem James’ artistic talent flourishing at Brighton University, and his most recent work shows clear signs of movement in a different, more daring direction. Peopling the forest with quirky tree folk and stick-limbed monsters whose actions and movements can be traced in the smears of paint that surrounds them, this year James Reuben will be replacing canvas with reclaimed doors. Playing with the suggestion that when we encounter a door, we encounter on alternate space – or world – his paintings invite us to inhabit a rather surreal world, but a world that ultimately finds humour – and plenty of food for thought – in its similarity to our own.

Jim Vision



Jim Vision fell into a pot of paint when he was but a boy and has found it impossible to kick the colour addiction that this seminal experience induced in him ever since. He has created large-scale murals for a number of high-profile clients, including Manga, Google, Lovebox, Grand Theft Auto, Adidas, EA Games, and The Village Underground. He has also curated a number of successful exhibitions and graffiti jams featuring the cream of the graffiti world – including fellow Latitude artists Inkie, Mode2 and Xenz, and others such as Astek, Will Barras, Muju and Insa. A new introduction to the festival, Jim Vision will be installing cut-out mythical creatures such as the legendary Phoenix in the Latitude woods – firing up the imaginations of young and old alike…

Caroline Wright



Caroline Wright is in the nature of control, communication and power in human interaction, exploring the way we create habits, rites and communal actions. She works in a multi-disciplinary way, responding to sites and audiences and often incorporating performative actions to express her ideas. In 2003 Wright received an Artsadmin bursary. Her work has been shown in Japan, Ireland, germany, Holland and the USA and widely across the UK. Untitled (believe) is a neon installation based on the four principles of the Japanese tea ceremony. In the 21st ceremony, much of the urban Japanese culture is shifting as it absorbs and adopts western ways and young people challenge age-old boundaries. The ancient Japanese tea ceremony of dying out, as young people choose not to learn how to host a tea ceremony, an undertaking that can take over ten years. The vividness of the message delivered by the bright green neon asks the audience to conside the influence of western life and consumerism and instead think of traditional ways, heritage and the principles of life.

Snub23 & Defacto (Grafik Warfare)

Snub23 & Defacto form a part of Grafik Warfare, a street art collective who are bringing colour back to the streets and anything else they can get their paints, stickers and paste ups on. Most recently part of ‘The Cans Festival’ in London, organised by Banksy, the pair bring a slice of Grafik Warfare’s Internationally renowned talent to art lovers at Latitude.

Maslen & Mehra

Maslen & Mehra are London based collaborative artists. Working in a remarkably diverse, experimental and imaginative graphic language, Maslen & Mehra engage in a powerful dialogue on the natural and human world in which we live. They have exhibited work extensively internationally and the first monograph dedicated to their collaborative practice will be released in Summer 2008.

Will Lunn ‘Schizophrenic Indulgence’ 2008

The work of curator and installation artist Will Lunn, has been made in collaboration with street artist Rush and photographer and installation artists Will Searle. Schizophrenic Indulgence is predominantly a positive work but with a hint of a wicked twist and is intended to embody the feel of Latitude; like the festival this work has a link of playfulness in nature along with the enjoyment that can be had with indulgence of schizophrenic identity.