Pointed (2017)

By Steve Messam 2017

Craft and Design
Installation Art
Architectural Art
Sculpture
Urban Dynamics & Public Realm
Inflatable
Architecture
Temporary
Installation
Heritage
Site-Specific
Landscape
Textiles
Environment
Exhibition
Commission

Dimensions
500 x 500 x 730

‘Pointed’ sat within the former gatehouse and Pekingese stud of Mellerstain House in the Scottish Borders. The architectural installation fills the void of the building, extending out from the long absent pitched roof that the inflatable form itself mimics. From this re-imagined roofline 28 dynamic, elongated peaks rise over three metres into the air, reminiscent of a starburst or a stylized explosion frozen in time.