So I'm not going to lie, I may have just become obsessed with concrete.
If you start making your other half drive with you 2 .5 hours to see it, maybe its becoming.
‘Crushedwall’ by walter jack studio.
Situated at the entrance of the heartlands project in cornwall, UK, the expansive 40-metre long, 3-metre high wall utilizes concrete in such a way that it appears as soft and malleable, partially wrapping around the perimeter of a building.
artist’s words: ‘when we were installing it one of the client team members asked if they could touch it. concrete isn’t known for its tactile qualities. maybe that’s a first! ‘crushedwall’ is, for me, about two things. it’s about geology and it’s about process, the way that things are made.
Geology first. heartlands sits over a very special geology. 19th century miners dug an astonishing 1000 metres down through granite to extract tin ore. this is one of the hidden stories that heartlands will celebrate. when we were asked to design a retaining–wall the geological connection seemed serendipitous. retaining walls hold back the geology. they are the boundary between our above-ground world and the world of mining.
Just wanted to point out the poor joints on this project for me they kind of ruin it, who uses white silicone on concrete?
and process… one of the things that interests me as a maker is the way in which made things are so much duller than the processes that got them there. watch glass blowing and you’ll see more beauty there than you’ll ever see in the finished vase! concrete is not noted for its fluid softness. and yet it is a liquid. we wanted our concrete to tell its own story – to retain the liquidness of its process.‘
An awesome thistle that was next to the wall........
An awesome thistle that was next to the wall........
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