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 |
Location on Google Map | |
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 |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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