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.
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
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.