Until Dec. 24, 2025, Londoners and visitors to the Battersea Power Station – the iconic decommissioned power plant on the south bank of the Thames – can admire the winning projections from Apple’s public competition “Your Tree on Battersea”, a creative initiative dedicated to Christmas trees designed on iPad.
In London, you can see David Shrigley’s Christmas tree projected onto Battersea
Until December 24, the British artist’s anti-ornamental Christmas tree takes center stage, alongside other works, in Apple’s “Your Tree on Battersea” projections.
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- Ilaria Bonvicini
- 18 December 2025
Redefining the silhouette of the four 101-metre-high chimneys of this former coal-fired power station, now home to Apple’s UK headquarters, are drawings by members of the public and internationally renowned artists, among which stands out the irreverent Skinny Green Christmas Tree Man by David Shrigley, a master of sharp, contemporary dark humour.
Born in 1968 in Macclesfield and trained at the Glasgow School of Art, Shrigley is one of the most followed British artists of his generation. Nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize in 2013 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), he is known for his deliberately simple, almost childlike drawings, paired with ironic and disarming texts that target the absurdities of everyday life and social conventions.
His humanoid Christmas tree is an ironic and disarming presence, decidedly anti-ornamental and distant from the usual polished festive imagery. Acid green, misshapen and awkward in its dancing movements, the character seems to mock our seasonal expectations, shaped by glittering decorations and kitsch ornaments.
In 2023, it was artist David Hockney who projected on Battersea Power Station his own Bigger Christmas Trees realised on iPad Pro, while last year the main animation was entrusted to "Wallace & Gromit" creator Aardman.
Opening image: Battersea Power Station, photo Min(Felix) Xu from Unsplash