Lenses
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Location
| Street: | Old Shoreham Road |
| Town: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Parish: | Shoreham-by-Sea |
| Council: | Adur District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN43 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| and in: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Built into balustrade, Riverside Walk, Ropetackle development. |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 151 |
| Grid reference: | H6 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
| Name : | Amanda Hopkins |
| Role: | Sculptor |
| Name : | Steve Geliot |
| Company/Group : | PRC Fewster: Adrian Morton |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; |
| Commissioned also by: | Arts Council England SE, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); |
| Construction period: | 2004-2005 |
| Installation date: | 2005 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Adur District Council / Berkeley Homes |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | Optical lenses mounted on metal bases, built along the length of the balustrade on the riverfront |
| Iconographical description: | Sculptures, ‘inspired by the expansive skies and quality of light at Ropetackle…after learning about the history of a film and photographic studios nearby [Hopkins] developed the idea of a series of lenses…’ (Art by the River) |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Composite, Architectural, Abstract, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Readymade |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Symbolic |
| Subject type2: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Bases |
| Material: | Metal |
| Part 2: | Optical lenses |
| Material: | None |
| Width (cm): | 9 |
| Depth (cm): | 9 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Fair |
| Risk assessment: | At risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Vandalism |
| Condition 1: | Structural damage |
| More details: | 7 lenses damaged, including one completely smashed |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 04/01/2008 |
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History
| History: | Commissioned by: Adur District Council, Berkley Homes, PRC Fewster; South East England Development Agency (SEEDA); Arts Council England SE (contributed £23,500, added to money assigned by Berkley Homes).
'Amanda Hopkins was initially inspired by the expansive skies and quality of light at Ropetackle and, after learning about the history of a film and photographic studios nearby, developed the idea for a series of lenses built into the balustrade along the riverside walk. ''Much of what I do is about re-framing what we see and experience around us. The lenses invite a closer examination. Through them the world is magnified, inverted, refracted and reframed, prompting us to look at the detail of the landscape, rather than treating it as a backdrop. The work is for looking at and for seeing through to the environment beyond, catching glimpses of the unexpected.'' Amanda Hopkins originally trained as a psychologist, returning to college to study art and design at Middlesex University in the early nineties.' ('Sculpture at Ropetackle') |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf |
| Type: | Archive |
| Publisher: | Adur District Council |
| Source 2 : | |
| Title: | http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf |
| Type: | Archive |
| Author: | Geliot, Steve. |
| Publisher: | Adur District Council |
Further information: | |
| #http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf# | |
| #http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.pdf# | |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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