Will bus stop art get us talking?

BBC London's Arts Correspondent, Brenda Emmanus reports.

Can artwork on the roofs of bus stops encourage us to talk to each other more?

That's the aim of two artists who have been awarded a cash prize to help us celebrate the 2012 Olympics.

Londoners Paula Le Dieu and Alfie Dennen have been comissioned to use the roofs of bus stops across all the boroughs to act as a canvas for residents to tell their stories.

The commission is one of 12 special designs by Arts Council England and London 2012 in the first major project for the Cultural Olympiad.

Alfie says: "This was an opportunity for us to engage all of London. Creativity is untapped and sits within everyone and if we just give them the tools to express that and have a voice, well that's the core of the project."