UK - London - London Flickr Group Photowalk - Nine Elms - UFO_500_1997
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Another shot taken during last months London Flickr Photowalk round Battersea and Nine Elms, this is a detail of 'Skystation' by Peter Newman. It's one of a number of public artworks installed in the landscaped gardens around the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners designed Riverlight Quay development in Nine Elms.
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From the Riverlight Art Map, "Skystation is an interactive public sculpture, inspired by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand’s LC4 chaiselongue, that also acts as a piece of public seating. The contours of the work are designed to fit the reclining human form and encourage contemplation of the vast expanse of space above. An object to be both observed and used, Skystation has the incidental effect of bringing its users’ heads into close proximity, thereby making conversation between strangers almost inevitable.
In the best tradition of British street furniture, it has a commemorative plaque, which reads ‘In Loving Memory Of Those Yet To Be Born’. For almost twenty years Peter Newman has been making photographs, sculptures, paintings and video installations that address a human relationship to space and modernity. From individual to collective means to describe, traverse and connect. The city is seen as a primary instrument of communication and a reflection of creative intent."
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UK - London - London Flickr Group Photowalk - Nine Elms - UFO_500_1997
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
Another shot taken during last months London Flickr Photowalk round Battersea and Nine Elms, this is a detail of 'Skystation' by Peter Newman. It's one of a number of public artworks installed in the landscaped gardens around the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners designed Riverlight Quay development in Nine Elms.
Click here to see more photos of this part of London : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72177720296294897
From the Riverlight Art Map, "Skystation is an interactive public sculpture, inspired by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand’s LC4 chaiselongue, that also acts as a piece of public seating. The contours of the work are designed to fit the reclining human form and encourage contemplation of the vast expanse of space above. An object to be both observed and used, Skystation has the incidental effect of bringing its users’ heads into close proximity, thereby making conversation between strangers almost inevitable.
In the best tradition of British street furniture, it has a commemorative plaque, which reads ‘In Loving Memory Of Those Yet To Be Born’. For almost twenty years Peter Newman has been making photographs, sculptures, paintings and video installations that address a human relationship to space and modernity. From individual to collective means to describe, traverse and connect. The city is seen as a primary instrument of communication and a reflection of creative intent."
© D.Godliman