The Engine
By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/estellewoolley"
title="Estelle Woolley"
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Estelle Woolley
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2019
For the opening of David Cotterrell's Maelstrom and Bedwyr Williams' Hypercaust in Chester, 2017, I was invited as a local emerging artist to exhibit site specific work in King Charles Tower Gardens with funding from Cheshire West and Chester Council and Arts Council England as part of a mentoring programme.
'The Engine', is a lawnmower, which has the sound of a purring cat embodied within it, altered to sound like a revving engine. A strip of grass cut into the gardens punctuates the sculpture like a line drawing, giving the viewer an unexpected and humorous experience of the gardens.
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