Last summer the Great London Bridges Walk raised money for a special NHS skincare cancer nurse by walking across all 26 bridges of the Thames in London.

This project from writers’ group 26 builds on that idea with a creative project for the same charitable cause. 26 creative pairs (writer + artist) were randomly allocated one of the bridges and challenged to create a piece that could be auctioned. Exciting work of great diversity resulted and these will form the online exhibition.

The works will be unveiled in the 26 days leading up to this year’s Bloomsbury Festival, showing the visual and verbal outcomes that will generate daily moments of anticipation, surprise and excitement. From Hampton Court to Tower bridge, taking in all iconic bridges in between (London, Putney, Waterloo, Albert etc), this will have everyone reassessing their perceptions of London’s river and its bridges. In uncertain times, creativity can be the bridge to a more optimistic view of the world.

> View the 26 Bridges works here (unveiled daily from 17 September)