Lazing About. 'Loafers' by Francis Uprichard, Auckland, New Zealand
It's not a particularly beautiful spot, this bridge-over at the crossing of Symonds Street and Wellesley. And it's rather a shock as you come out of pretty Albert Park just behind the university at the right. But this Art Installation by Francis Uprichard (1976-) is her fine attempt at not so much beautification as to take one's mind off ugliness.
It's called 'Loafers', and the name is perhaps tongue-in-cheek with regard to university students... As I stood here looking, though, none stopped to loaf but they seemed -heavily laden with notebooks of paper and electronics - intent on their tasks. The snake at the right... Is it a symbol of knowledge leading to perdition; think Paradise Lost... an end to loafing around in Eden and having now to toil for sustenance?
Ah! Interpretations and Over-interpretations!
Lazing About. 'Loafers' by Francis Uprichard, Auckland, New Zealand
It's not a particularly beautiful spot, this bridge-over at the crossing of Symonds Street and Wellesley. And it's rather a shock as you come out of pretty Albert Park just behind the university at the right. But this Art Installation by Francis Uprichard (1976-) is her fine attempt at not so much beautification as to take one's mind off ugliness.
It's called 'Loafers', and the name is perhaps tongue-in-cheek with regard to university students... As I stood here looking, though, none stopped to loaf but they seemed -heavily laden with notebooks of paper and electronics - intent on their tasks. The snake at the right... Is it a symbol of knowledge leading to perdition; think Paradise Lost... an end to loafing around in Eden and having now to toil for sustenance?
Ah! Interpretations and Over-interpretations!