Observatory Artists Studios & The Downs, England, UK
Winchester Science Centre is hosting The Observatory Artists Studios from January through to July 2015.
This project is being run through an external organisation called SPUD. The aim of the project is to create a sculptural installation that becomes an intervention, a space, a platform, a shelter, a look-out for a series of artist’s residencies to take place. The intervention has been designed through a competition that encourages collaborations between artists, architects and engineers and students.
Three different artists are working in the space before it moves to its next location at the South Dorset Ridgeway.
Winchester Science Centre (previously known as INTECH) is a hands-on, interactive, science and technology centre located in Morn Hill, just outside the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Opened in 2002 after major grants from amongst others the Millennium Commission, IBM, SEEDA and Hampshire County Council it replaced an existing facility in a more functional building in Winchester.
The road seen through the gap between the two observatories is the A272 (South Downs Way) which follows an approximate East-West route from near Heathfield, East Sussex to the city of Winchester, Hampshire.
The A272's route is predominantly rural, despite being only 40 miles (64 km) from the centre of London at its nearest point. Most of the time it passes through countryside, villages and small towns, and the only built-up area of any size that it traverses is Haywards Heath and its surrounding villages. Also, it has virtually no dual carriageway sections (just three very short sections between Petworth and Midhurst), and therefore gives the driver an experience which is reminiscent of English country roads as they were 50 or more years ago.
While it has been said that the A272 follows part of the route that was taken by pilgrims travelling between the cathedral cities of Winchester and Canterbury it is unlikely because, for most of its length, it passes through the low weald of Sussex. Prior to the development of modern roads, this was difficult for travellers, because of the extensive forest and tracts of low-lying marshy ground. The more likely route was the Pilgrims' Way, which followed the chalk escarpment of the North Downs.
The hills seen here are the South Downs. The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about 260 square miles (670 km2)] across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose crest there are extensive views northwards across the Weald. The South Downs National Park forms a much larger area than the chalk range of the South Downs and includes large parts of the Weald.
The South Downs are characterised by rolling chalk downland with close-cropped turf and dry valleys, and is recognised as one of the most important chalk landscapes in England. It is one of the four main areas of chalk downland in southern England.
The hill the A272 is ascending is Cheesefoot Head which has a large natural amphitheatre known as Matterley Bowl and beauty spot just outside of Winchester. It is rated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are three bowl barrows on the site.
During the Second World War boxing events were held here for the entertainment of American troops stationed locally, and prior to D-Day, General Eisenhower addressed those troops.
Cheesefoot Head is regularly the site of crop circles, though at least one year there was an outline of a footballer. Some have even been created in the field on the left.
The South Downs National Park is England's newest National Park, having become fully operational on 1 April 2011. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex. The national park covers not only the chalk ridge of the South Downs, with its celebrated chalk downland landscape that culminates in the iconic chalky white cliffs of Beachy Head, but also a substantial part of a separate physiographic region, the western Weald, with its heavily wooded sandstone and clay hills and vales. The South Downs Way spans the entire length of the park and is the only National Trail that lies wholly within a national park.
www.winchestersciencecentre.org/visitor-information/the-o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Science_Centre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A272_road
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Downs
Observatory Artists Studios & The Downs, England, UK
Winchester Science Centre is hosting The Observatory Artists Studios from January through to July 2015.
This project is being run through an external organisation called SPUD. The aim of the project is to create a sculptural installation that becomes an intervention, a space, a platform, a shelter, a look-out for a series of artist’s residencies to take place. The intervention has been designed through a competition that encourages collaborations between artists, architects and engineers and students.
Three different artists are working in the space before it moves to its next location at the South Dorset Ridgeway.
Winchester Science Centre (previously known as INTECH) is a hands-on, interactive, science and technology centre located in Morn Hill, just outside the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Opened in 2002 after major grants from amongst others the Millennium Commission, IBM, SEEDA and Hampshire County Council it replaced an existing facility in a more functional building in Winchester.
The road seen through the gap between the two observatories is the A272 (South Downs Way) which follows an approximate East-West route from near Heathfield, East Sussex to the city of Winchester, Hampshire.
The A272's route is predominantly rural, despite being only 40 miles (64 km) from the centre of London at its nearest point. Most of the time it passes through countryside, villages and small towns, and the only built-up area of any size that it traverses is Haywards Heath and its surrounding villages. Also, it has virtually no dual carriageway sections (just three very short sections between Petworth and Midhurst), and therefore gives the driver an experience which is reminiscent of English country roads as they were 50 or more years ago.
While it has been said that the A272 follows part of the route that was taken by pilgrims travelling between the cathedral cities of Winchester and Canterbury it is unlikely because, for most of its length, it passes through the low weald of Sussex. Prior to the development of modern roads, this was difficult for travellers, because of the extensive forest and tracts of low-lying marshy ground. The more likely route was the Pilgrims' Way, which followed the chalk escarpment of the North Downs.
The hills seen here are the South Downs. The South Downs are a range of chalk hills that extends for about 260 square miles (670 km2)] across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose crest there are extensive views northwards across the Weald. The South Downs National Park forms a much larger area than the chalk range of the South Downs and includes large parts of the Weald.
The South Downs are characterised by rolling chalk downland with close-cropped turf and dry valleys, and is recognised as one of the most important chalk landscapes in England. It is one of the four main areas of chalk downland in southern England.
The hill the A272 is ascending is Cheesefoot Head which has a large natural amphitheatre known as Matterley Bowl and beauty spot just outside of Winchester. It is rated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are three bowl barrows on the site.
During the Second World War boxing events were held here for the entertainment of American troops stationed locally, and prior to D-Day, General Eisenhower addressed those troops.
Cheesefoot Head is regularly the site of crop circles, though at least one year there was an outline of a footballer. Some have even been created in the field on the left.
The South Downs National Park is England's newest National Park, having become fully operational on 1 April 2011. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex. The national park covers not only the chalk ridge of the South Downs, with its celebrated chalk downland landscape that culminates in the iconic chalky white cliffs of Beachy Head, but also a substantial part of a separate physiographic region, the western Weald, with its heavily wooded sandstone and clay hills and vales. The South Downs Way spans the entire length of the park and is the only National Trail that lies wholly within a national park.
www.winchestersciencecentre.org/visitor-information/the-o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Science_Centre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A272_road
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Downs