Around and About MK
Vox Pop 'The Family' by John Clinch
Vox Pop 'The Family', by John Clinch, 1988. Location: Queen's Court, CMK.
This sculpture was originally placed by the infinity pool in Queen's Court. You'd often see kids running from the pool, to the old sundial sculpture, to this sculpture and back (or you were one of those kids) - round and round, exploring.
The sculpture's in the corner of Queen's Court now, far away from the new, 'replacement' pool, but you can still see the past years of children's play polished into it (esp. on the little dog). It's been in this square for almost 30 years now.
Some background from the MK Arts Guide: A shortened form of ‘vox populi’ a Latin
phrase meaning the voice of the people.
The sculpture was originally intended to show the diversity of people needed to make
Milton Keynes a great city.
The people depicted in it are placed in a sort of circular formation, which to me seems like a wry nod to MK and our roundabouts. At the same time every figure 'stands tall' and is reaching out in some way - it feels as though they're reaching through the misconceptions with their confidence and, in doing so, breaking them down, both individually and collectively... God forbid they make eye contact with each other though ☺
Vox Pop 'The Family' by John Clinch
Vox Pop 'The Family', by John Clinch, 1988. Location: Queen's Court, CMK.
This sculpture was originally placed by the infinity pool in Queen's Court. You'd often see kids running from the pool, to the old sundial sculpture, to this sculpture and back (or you were one of those kids) - round and round, exploring.
The sculpture's in the corner of Queen's Court now, far away from the new, 'replacement' pool, but you can still see the past years of children's play polished into it (esp. on the little dog). It's been in this square for almost 30 years now.
Some background from the MK Arts Guide: A shortened form of ‘vox populi’ a Latin
phrase meaning the voice of the people.
The sculpture was originally intended to show the diversity of people needed to make
Milton Keynes a great city.
The people depicted in it are placed in a sort of circular formation, which to me seems like a wry nod to MK and our roundabouts. At the same time every figure 'stands tall' and is reaching out in some way - it feels as though they're reaching through the misconceptions with their confidence and, in doing so, breaking them down, both individually and collectively... God forbid they make eye contact with each other though ☺