Wordscape

Wordscape was commissioned for Wakefield Art Gallery's topographical collection and is now part of The Hepworth's collection in Wakefield. It is inspired by Wakefield's landscape, architecture and history of change. Strings connect a horizontal curved card-board pedestal - inspired by the edge of a book and the bend in the River Calder - with four vertical threaded rods representing different aspects of time: past, present, future and an unwritten future. The four rods join at the top to a unity. The proportions of this construction are similar to those of Wakefield cathedral spire. Impressions into the card-board pedestal and in-built coloured bars represent buildings on Wakefield's waterfront, including the new Hepworth Wakefield. Suspended on the threads are words and images from local people, giving their memories, views and visions about the city. This project has been co-funded by the Arts Council England.