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Sacred Spaces – Said Adrus & Bhajan Hunjan
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The Neighbourhood
Geographically, Highfields is contained by the Humberstone and London roads and the main railway line. The area is host to a diverse cultural and architectural mix, with the St Peter’s local authority housing estate and grand terraced Victorian housing alongside mosques, temples and a synagogue, community centres, local shopping areas and pocket parks.
The Artwork
The Highfields Public Art Plan, a strategy document researched by the artists, identified the community's priority site and the inspiration for the Sacred Spaces artwork: A free standing stainless steel roundel sculpture which incorporates a decorative circle and a grid, representing the universal concept of “the whole and different individuals within it” with symbols in laser cut powder coated steel.
An interactive element is introduced by an electronic LED display unit fixed in the centre of the circle. This display is a community information transmitter with a changing programme of poems and proverbs, which also displays the time and temperature.
The roundel stands within a decorative coloured concrete floorscape, which echoes the circular design.
"With so many different people and languages... we consider the overall theme of Sacred Spaces, text and script the ideas of "paradise gardens" which have existed and thrived throughout civilizations. ...
Another factor is the migration of communities into Leicester from the ex-colonies during the post war era. The idea of route/root as link between spaces, almost like stops, transit stations... (moving on-going, non static identities) absorbing various influences."
Bhajan Hunjan & Said Adrus
Dimensions/Materials:
Roundel - 1m high by 1.9 m wide, with fixed text based LED display.
Location:
Evington Place, off Evington Road, Highfields, Leicester.
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