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The recenlty launched "Dream" at the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery, St Helens, Merseyside.
Dream which is a specially commissioned piece of public art is a 20 metre high form of a girl's head with her eyes closed, seemingly in a dream-like state. Dream stands within the site of a former colliery in St.Helens which is visible location beside the busy M62 motorway midway between Liverpool & Manchester.
The site was chosen as part of a Channel 4 programme called ‘Big Art ’ and the site was selected thanks to its rich cultural resonance as a former colliery, the passion & enthusiasm of the ex-miners who nominated it and for its potential regeneration impact. The former Sutton Manor Colliery was chosen from over 1,400 publicly nominated sites.
Dream has been undertaken by world-renowned Catalan artist Jaume Plensa. Jaume has won awards & completed major commissions across the globe; his most famous work being Crown Fountain in the centre of Chicago, while his public artworks in the UK include a laser light sculpture at the Baltic Arts Centre in Gateshead & Breathing - the spectacular illuminated glass dome of BBC Broadcasting House.
Dream is the artist's response to the brief & to subsequent conversations with ex-miners & members of the wider local community who wanted a piece that looks to a brighter future & creates a beautiful, contemplative space for future generations. It is constructured in pre-cast concrete, with a white, almost luminescent finish using a marble/concrete aggregate mix in marked contrast to the black of the coal that still lies below.
The final construction was completed in April 2009 and the launch was on 31st May 2009
The opening of "Dream" by Jaume Plensa, Sutton Manor Colliery, St. Helens, Merseyside, UK.
31 May 2009
When I first came to view what is now my new home, I noticed The Smithy Manor on the opposite side of the road. I thought this would be a great place to get to know my new neighbours. It’s within easy staggering distance of home - which is what you want from your local boozer, isn’t it? That, or some conveniently placed bushes by the side of the road for when the urge becomes no longer bearable.
Six weeks later moving in day came around and this is the site that greeted me. Like almost everything else in this town: boarded up. shuttered. shut. Welcome to St Helens.
'The Dave' is a friend of mine from the band Mr. So & So. However he has just produced his first solo album, which sounds great. He wanted some pics taking so we headed up to the Dream - Sutton Manor, St.Helens. It wasn't the easiest as the light disappeared rather quickly.
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A very early (4-20am) visit to the former Sutton Manor Colliery in St Helens, which closed in 1991. In 2001 it was transformed into a 230 acre community woodland and wildlife haven. Over 2 million trees were planted. In 2009 Jaume Plensa's 100 foot 'Dream' sculpture was opened as a lasting memory of the site's former use. It represents a girl with closed eyes, an emblem of hope for the future.
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This sculpture is located in St Helens, between Manchester and Liverpool in the UK, and the top of it is visible from the M62 motorway as you drive past.
It was created by Barcelona-born artist Jaume Plensa and is entitled Dream. It depicts a 9 year old girl with a deliberately elongated face (I don't know why) emerging from the earth. Her eyes are closed as she contemplates her past and future.
It's 66 feet (20 metres) high - the same height as The Angel of the North - but as you drive by on the motorway you only see the top half of it, and as a result it is unfortunately sometimes referred to as The Phallus of the North - I think a different haircut would have helped here!
It's only when I entered the woodland on foot that I appreciated this piece of art, and now I have seen it close up, including the bottom half, I do actually like it.
An image of 'The Dream, a 20 metre high sculpture at Sutton Manor, Nr St Helens, it was designed by the Spanish artist Jaume Plensa.
Dream consists of an elongated white structure 66 feet (20 m) tall, weighing 500 tons, which has been cast to resemble the head and neck of a young woman with her eyes closed in meditation. The structure is coated in sparkling white Spanish dolomite, as a contrast to the coal which used to be mined here. It is hoped it will become as powerful a symbol in North West England as Antony Gormley's Angel of the North is in North East England.
I think she is wonderful, and as the artist Jaume Plensa said....'when we dream......anything is possible....'
wiki link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_(sculpture)
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Interrupting, for a day, my Clock Face Country Park series, tonight, while walking Ted in Daisyfields, Sutton Manor, St Helens, Merseyside, the sunset was quite spectacular. These 4 shots were some of those that I hope portray that sunset.
We had to wait quite a while for a people to clear - taken for T189 weekly competition - Solitude.
He sneaked into my pocket - Dennis thought he was going to be the model!
As a break in series, I went out tonight, a little about sunset, in the hope of seeing the Beaver supermoon. Before it went very dark, I managed to photograph some clouds still tinged with sunset colours. I then turned my eyes towards the East. In that direction, from the King George V playing fields, I could see that I'd need to wait until the moon rose above the trees of the Dream Country Park and above the lower clouds behind them. In fact, it was 45 minutes later and much darker before I eventually saw the Moon briefly in breaks through denser clouds, but nevertheless veiled by thin cloud. The attached is the best shot I could manage (530mm, f/13, 1/400 seconds, ISO 800). The result has been denoised and edited for exposure and temperature.