SteveHB Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 https://sheffnews.com/news/permanent-covid-memorial-sculpture-unveiled-in-balm-green-gardens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ponytail Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Balm Green certainly been updated. Hope it provides a place for people to be at one with themselves. Are the other sculptures still there? https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t11569&pos=7&action=zoom&id=136935 https://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/berm11.html https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t11570&pos=8&action=zoom&id=136936 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;w00682&pos=126&action=zoom&id=45984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 It was a long time ago when I photographed The Cat amongst some pigeons, not been in Barkers Pool Gardens since 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Ponytail said: Balm Green certainly been updated. Hope it provides a place for people to be at one with themselves. Are the other sculptures still there? https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;w00682&pos=126&action=zoom&id=45984 No idea about the other sculptures, but the Horse and Rider sculpture can be seen in the YouTube video 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 So the Barker's Pool Mammoth returns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 How does a giants egg whisk stuck in the ground have any meaning to anyone who lost someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Balm Green Gardens: "We shall always be proud of this garden, because it's not only a gift for all time" 21st December 2022. https://sheffielder.net/tag/grand-hotel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I wouldn’t have a clue what this “ creation” commemorated…so ,what exactly, is its point and how much did it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 14/01/2024 at 17:55, Lysanderix said: I wouldn’t have a clue what this “ creation” commemorated…so ,what exactly, is its point and how much did it cost? …. Would you believe the thick end of 1/4 of a million quid??? The attached repeats the design concept of a willow tree, but the “point”?……. I don’t really ‘get’ what the article describes as the meaning of this sculpture…. https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/george-king-architects-willow-tree-wins-sheffield-covid-memorial-contest As far as I’m concerned, there was no “inequality” when COVID came knocking in March of 2020. The pandemic affected young and old, healthy and frail. It crossed all racial, social and economic boundaries and is still a constant threat to us all, so exactly whose voices it is meant to reflect is frankly lost on me??? At least it was made locally, so that’s OK then???!!!…….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The Cat and Bird are still there, but the two wooden horses have galloped away into the sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 At the risk of sounding like a Philistine ( can we say that nowadays since it is the origination of the word Palestine?)I feel, after reading the blurb,that it’s all about “The Kings New Clothes”. Some sections of our society are said to have suffered disproportionally…this may well be true…..some , especially in the medical business worked hard…others felt the lockdown was a waste , some suffered loneliness and isolation, others paid in lost wages and debt and others lost loved ones. How does this sculpture, in any way, commemorate the pandemic and suffering?The Victorian cholera monument makes a solid statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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