In April 2011 , Azam , with Art Below , carried out a dual public art display in the Tokyo Metro and London Underground commuters saw a scene of Antarctica and one artist – a dot in the huge icy canvas . In July 2008 Azam completed two triptychs in zero gravity , done as a homage to the artist Francis Bacon . In February 2010 , accompanied by a camera crew , Azam to draw inspiration from the frozen tundra of Antarctica where he endured extreme weather conditions to produce a series of large abstract oil paintings . For 2 weeks , Azam 's work was on the billboard space of 2 platforms 6000 miles apart in Tokyo 's Shibuya station and London 's Liverpool Street Station with images of his Antarctica series . Azam commented " I wanted to expose the desolate , silent , spacious and empty environment of the South Pole in probably the most crowded , hectic , busy and noisy space in the world " Accompanying the poster display on the Liverpool Street station platform , Art Below took over a 3 metre wide digital projection screen , piloting an international video link enabling London 's travellers to view the Tokyo platform – the poster display and all the public activity going on around it . Playing on the same video loop was a 2-minute film made in collaboration with Bafta nominated British Film Director Ed Blum . Here we see Nasser Azam creating canvasses at temperatures of minus 40 degrees and buffeted by gales , he paints in different settings : on glaciers , by frozen lakes , in ice caves . Nasser says " I am confronted by a magnitude of blinding light , by wind and intense cold . " Some of his canvases were lost in an Antarctic gale . But most are here for us to see . Such ordeals need preparation . Azam prepared for this venture in the huge freezer of Billingsgate Butchers Market , devising brushes that would work in such temperatures , and acrylic paint that did not clog . Art Below made the policy decision to persist with this display in Tokyo despite tsunami , earthquake and nuclear fallout . Ben Moore said , " We did this in the sure conviction that Tokyo 's commuters will appreciate such a diversion from their adversities . Now is not the time to withdraw our custom . " This was the third exhibition they have staged in the Tokyo metro
tsunami , earthquake and nuclear fallout
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Nasser Azam