client: north somerset district council | size: cool blue:12 x 7 x 8 meters; hot orange: 3 x 3 x 2.5 meters | site: weston-super-mare | material: painted steel and bronze
Pedestrians will respond to its energy and instinctively enjoy the tensions it sets up. People will be able to walk through the gracious over-arching structures. Indeed, the play of negative spaces is an essential part of the design. As the vistas shift, so do the lines of sight, and the sculpture affords a series of carefully calibrated angles, making the most of the three-dimensional axis of the site.
Between Ourselves media-savvy image will appeal to the iPod generation; its dynamic and innovative design will appeal to business, while its encrypted historical and geographical references will delight those familiar with the town’s heritage.