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City Centre New Walk

Pedestrian's Friend – Charles Holland: FAT Fashion Art Taste Art/Architecture collective

The Artwork

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Installation and construction

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The Artwork

A number of linked artworks themed 'Pedestrian's Friend', celebrating the activities that occur along the length of New Walk.

The artist's intention is for the installations along New Walk to cut across the visual axis created by the New Walk route, to draw attention to activities, spaces and places.  As such, it forms a less formal and more 'experiential' set of interventions to complement and gently contrast with the restoration and new street furniture of New Walk.

Far Seeing Telescopes – interactive

Two telescopes are sited at each end of New Walk, at Welford Place and Granville Road.  A film, by Steve Cooke, depicting a journey down New Walk from the opposite side can be viewed through each of the telescopes.  To view the moving images, please click on the links, right

Dimensions/Materials:
The Far Seeing Telescopes are of two heights, ranging from 0.50 - 1.4m high x 0.4m wide.

Picnicker's Friends

Four weather predictors, located in the De Montfort Square grassed area, which respond to the weather conditions through a barometer housed within the plinths, on which sit illuminated signs representing sunshine, clouds, rain, and overcast weather.

Dimensions/Materials:
Illuminated signs measure between 0.2 - 0.4m high, and 0.2 - 0.5m wide. The four individual plinths, on which each sign is secured, measure 0.9m high x 0.7m wide.

Waterloo Signs

Eight metal reflective vinyl signs in brown and red, with four different designs based on traditional Victorian gates / entrance finials.  Located abutting the New Walk and road-side of the Waterloo pedestrian bridge guardrails.

Dimensions/Materials:
Small signs measure 1.2m high x 1.3m wide; large signs 1.4m high x 1.1m wide.

Location:
Various sites along the length of New Walk Conservation Heritage park.

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