When I make things I am interested in my role as somebody in the middle
often working for and with several opposing sides, but at the core I'm
trying to solve problems creatively.
The proposal has thrown up a lot of questions in my household ¿ what
does democracy look like? What does democracy feel like? Should the
bench illustrate or enable democracy? What shape is democracy?
I would use granite blocks saved from the old County Hall G.L.C.
building that a stone mason I work with has in his field: a nice
cyclical, symbolic experience that might be reflected in the shape of
the proposed bench - a circle, maybe but this could be voted on.
I am taken that the gardens you have chosen have so many influences and
cultural references - the text could reference this through the use of
different typefaces or use the languages of audience members... 50 words
that are submitted and voted on by the audience, which are then
developed into equations which are then cut into the stone.
Read the
full proposal with links and images here
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This site is for gathering proposals for a 'democracy bench', and for an online jury of 180 people to vote on it. The winning proposal gets £1800 to make it happen.
Very cool.Ill have a look later. Fast cash loans today...Nice post.Ill check it out later today. I take photos of myself. Come...check out the full proposal for Art in the Parks ideas. The bench in the...Valid point about 1/5 of a seat each. Lets hope we can make these large...Halfadrop: you did see the full PDF didn't you?
Very cool indeed!
Wish I could see more than the provided...Hello genkitm and destrin. glad you like my idea. i created this design...This flexible design creates a space to encourage democracy and much more....
Wish I could see more than the provided...Hello genkitm and destrin. glad you like my idea. i created this design...This flexible design creates a space to encourage democracy and much more....
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Out of all the people that have submitted ideas I think that Les seems to have the best understanding of the Who Wants to Be ethos and has some interesting ideas in his proposal. I especially like the idea of using stone from a building that in theory was very democratic in itelf.
Les do you have an idea of how large the bench would be, how many seats would be involved or how many people coud be seated?