Location
Various throughout Banff and Macduff during the festival
Banff, Banffshire
Date
23rd-26th May 2008
Description
As part of the first Coast Festival (23rd-26th May 2008 ). One of three commissioned temporary public art works. A series of 5 separate installations of digitally printed banners each was a trompe l'oeil image of a bench in place where one might have been the background to match the wall. On each bench was a montage of objects on closer inspection one can see the distortion of scale used in these objects. For instance while the herring gull is life size, the abandoned plastic carrier bag it looks as though it is going to scavenge from is full of tiny street lights and other street furniture.
A comment is made on the surrounding landscape which a person sitting on the illusory bench might survey and inhabit, an interesting contrast between the objects that give our places unique character and those such as road signs and street lights that tend to homogenise the environment.
Era
2000s
Related Artefacts
- Coast Festival,
- Coast Festival, Helen Denerley sculpture park.
- Coast Festival, installation at Macduff Pier
- Coast Festival, video piece
Categories
Iconography
- bird
Creator
- Alison Unsworth, Artist
External Links
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
Unavailable Data
- OS Map Reference
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