Andrew Goldstraw
Glass Spiral Bridge, Millennium Place (Coventry)
HDR cross processed into IR Black and White, Cropped Square.
"Designed in collaboration with Whitby Bird and MJP, the bridge was inspired by the idea of the local ribbon industry and lined with over 800 glass fins. ‘Each fin of glass is industrially screen-printed with a gradation, from the faintest mist to a dense solidity of enamel dots. This delicate detail contrasts with the large scale of the bridge. To order the fins with eight different patterns of gradation I used a random method. Blue was chosen as the colour of the glass, most obviously to connect with the sky, but also for its particular visual properties. From a distance things appear more blue: it is the colour of distance and of the spaces beyond us. It was important that the glass would work as effectively with daylight as with the dramatic artificial night-time lighting.’ Alexander Beleschenko"
(From: www.modusoperandi-art.com/docs/commission.php?id=7:1:54:3...
Glass Spiral Bridge, Millennium Place (Coventry)
HDR cross processed into IR Black and White, Cropped Square.
"Designed in collaboration with Whitby Bird and MJP, the bridge was inspired by the idea of the local ribbon industry and lined with over 800 glass fins. ‘Each fin of glass is industrially screen-printed with a gradation, from the faintest mist to a dense solidity of enamel dots. This delicate detail contrasts with the large scale of the bridge. To order the fins with eight different patterns of gradation I used a random method. Blue was chosen as the colour of the glass, most obviously to connect with the sky, but also for its particular visual properties. From a distance things appear more blue: it is the colour of distance and of the spaces beyond us. It was important that the glass would work as effectively with daylight as with the dramatic artificial night-time lighting.’ Alexander Beleschenko"
(From: www.modusoperandi-art.com/docs/commission.php?id=7:1:54:3...