Welcome to This is Now. A unique European collaborative art project.

The This is Now project has now entered a new phase and we won’t be updating the blog anymore. However, you can still take part by visiting the This is Now Flickr group and sharing your images that define ‘now’. Find out more about how to participate here.

The project had four stages:

1. Noah Harris, famous for his modern take on stop-motion animation (and director of the Ford Fiesta TV commercial), was asked to commission a series of pieces from some of Europe’s most promising young artists.

2. Contributions were then sought from some of Europe’s most promising art students, who were asked to submit their own interpretation of ‘now’.

3. With professional and student artist works complete, the general public was offered the chance to participate.

4. Thousands of people across Europe are still taking part in the project through the blog, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.

5. People also continue to visit the Ford Fiesta website, and discover the Fiesta vision.

The project was made possible with generous support of Ford. As part of their advertising campaign for the Ford Fiesta, they also encouraged people to participate by showcasing a selection of their images on a pan-European public website.