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Bermingeham to Birmingham

By Ruth Spencer 2002

photo Ruth Spencer

Dimensions
6 levels of escalators

Originally part of an exhibition 'Bookworks' in Birmingham Central Library, this work is based on records in the local archives in the library. The glass sided escalators were used for a ribbon of words which thread through the library from ground to fifth floor. The lettering is vinyl letters on glass and the words record 141 different ways that Birmingham has been spelt from the Doomsday Book to the present day.
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