Seating
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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: | 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 : | Rachel Reynolds |
| 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: | Curvilinear organic- form benches |
| Iconographical description: | Sculpture, ‘echoes the meandering curves of the River Adur and the colours and textures of the riverbank.’ ‘ It was my (Reynolds’s) intention to unify the social and economic history of the area to the underlying geology.’(Art by the River) |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Sculptural, Functional, Architectural |
| Object type1: | Street furniture |
| Subject type1: | Non-figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Seat backs |
| Material: | Cast concrete |
| Height (cm): | 98 |
| Width (cm): | 120 |
| Part 2: | Various seats |
| Material: | Cast concrete |
| Height (cm): | 46 |
| Width (cm): | 212 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| 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). The cast concrete contains pea shingle and imported aggregates inc. Italian green marble and Spanish white marble.
'Rachel Reynolds’ sculptural seating echoes the meandering curves of the River Adur, and the colours and textures of the riverbank. Cast in concrete, the seats imply the underlying geological strata revealed by river erosion. ''Through the concrete casting process it was my intention to unify the social and economic history of the area to the underlying geology. To do this I cast pea shingle with imported aggregates, such as green marble from Italy and white marble from Spain. I like this subtle reference to the site as a port, where local materials mingle with imported ones.'' ('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 |
| 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/art-by-the-river-ropetackle-a3.pdf# | |
| http://www.adur.gov.uk/docs/ropetackle/ropetackle.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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