I guess no visit to Whyalla is complete without a visit to the steel works.
The tiny camera's tiny battery ran out so I went back to my reading. The note with the sculpture says "This bronze and copper sculpture contrasts a series of small human forms with the architectural weight of on oversize staircase. The artwork has a philosophical aspect by reflecting on the effect of reading on the spirit - 'the more I read the smaller I feel'." Crikey, I dunno about you but if reading made me feel like that I'd stop.
It looks rather deserted and sad.
ReplyDeleteIt is fully functioning but I guess a lot more jobs are automated these days and with all that coal and soot about it does have a certain grittiness about it.
DeleteWe were on a bus tour and not allowed off the bus for safety reasons I guess.