#OPEN #CLOSE ….BIG YELLOW LEVER
?#OPEN ?#CLOSE ….BIG YELLOW LEVER - PART OF AN EXCITING PROJECT FINALLY COMPLETED FOR CAMBRIDGE IRON WORK MILL ROAD?#PUBLICART?#COMMISSION - STEAM POWER - This one is part of a series celebrating The Eagle Foundry where In the 1850’s under the partnership of Headly & Manning, a wide variety of steam powered machinery and engines were manufactured including engine boilers, gasometers and pumps for use on the land or for drainage. The sculpture has been positioned on an expansion joint of the elevation and plays with a lever’s open or close position.
Tom has been investigating residential, commercial and industrial switches as part of his research into the former and present communities and occupations in Petersfield. Initially inspired by the objects on display at the Cambridge Museum of Technology, from electrical engineering to the switch that turns on our kettle! This ubiquitous, yet often overlooked, everyday item conveys much about the people who used the items and the period in which it was created.
This artwork is part of a series throughout the new private and social housing development..more to follow...
#switch?