Observatories
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Commissioned by the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust
June – September 2020
Do you have a favourite view of the Wye Valley?
Inspired by Bruce Allan's 1988 sculpture 'Observatory' which was part of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail from 1988 - 2014, artist Rich White developed a project called Observatories.
During lockdown the project aimed to engage with audiences to imagine the views and locations they couldn’t currently access around the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.
Referencing Bruce Allens contemplative call to 'stand and stare' Rich asked members of the public to submit photographs of their favourite view of the area along with a short explanation of why the view is important to them.
Rich then used the images and information to inspire a series of theoretical and fantastical towers designed to make us think about how we look at these landscapes and to help us imagine ourselves placed somewhere else, somewhere impossible.
Download a PDF with all the submissions, Observatories designs project, and pages to print out and design your own here.
Contributors:
Stewart Carswell
Jenny Cashmore
Steve Gaskin
Heather Wright
David Broadbent
Matt Nightingale
Francis Davis
Mark Harrison
Inspired by Bruce Allan's 1988 sculpture 'Observatory' which was part of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail from 1988 - 2014, artist Rich White developed a project called Observatories.
During lockdown the project aimed to engage with audiences to imagine the views and locations they couldn’t currently access around the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.
Referencing Bruce Allens contemplative call to 'stand and stare' Rich asked members of the public to submit photographs of their favourite view of the area along with a short explanation of why the view is important to them.
Rich then used the images and information to inspire a series of theoretical and fantastical towers designed to make us think about how we look at these landscapes and to help us imagine ourselves placed somewhere else, somewhere impossible.
Download a PDF with all the submissions, Observatories designs project, and pages to print out and design your own here.
Contributors:
Stewart Carswell
Jenny Cashmore
Steve Gaskin
Heather Wright
David Broadbent
Matt Nightingale
Francis Davis
Mark Harrison
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