Turning the Place Over
October 26th, 2009Turning the Place Over by Richard Wilson was an installation commisioned for the Liverpool 2008 Biennial. He made an 8 metres diameter ovoid cut from the façade of a building in Liverpool city centre and made to oscillate in three dimensions. The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing ‘window’, offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours.
photos by Sam the sham
October 26th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Nice ! I love these Matta-Clark ideas… and there’s been a while I see some building art !
October 26th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
wow. at first, i thought it was all done with video, but an actual hole in a building is !
October 26th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
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November 22nd, 2010 at 12:14 am
[...] Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist known for this site-specific artworks like his series of building cuts, where he removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls in abandoned buildings. “Conical Intersect” was one of his project which he did during the Paris Biennale in 1975. You can find a video about it here. You might also want to have a look at Turning the Place Over by Richard Wilson. [...]