2012

Having entered the year of the London Olympics it seems that the country has got even more excited about the prospect of the 2012 Olympic Games. 

Whilst thinking about sculptures and 2012 Olympics it is worth looking at the sculpture that will soon  become the tallest UK sculpture and will actually wit within the Olympic and Paralympic Park in London. The piece will be called the ArcelorMittal Orbit and will contain a viewing platform which will be 114.5 metres tall. Made from 2,000 tonnes of steel and designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond the sculpture will give visitors views of 20 miles from the viewing platform. 

This piece has the foundations of what I hope to achieve with Frederick Gent School (although in a much smaller scale), the designer Anish Kapoor expresses that;

 “the ArcelorMittal Orbit has been conceived as a structure made-up of discreet elements which seek to engage the viewer in experience through form, colour and reflectivity. The work invites public participation and engagement."

These wishes of engagement and experience are very similar to what I hope to achieve using student, teacher and community participation as an actual element of the piece itself. Materials, interaction, form and function are all areas which must combine to create the final piece.