Those of you who have followed my posts will have seen over the months that I have posted images of a few of the panopticons. These are sculptures that have been commissioned to help regenerate areas around the Burnley / Blackburn area by Rossendale / Lancashire Councils. This post shows images of each of the sculptures that I have taken over the past 12 months or so.
The panopticons are as follows:
Images 1 to 3 – Singing Ringing Tree – this sits on the hill overlooking Burnley Town centre, and can easily be accessed by road. As the name suggests the sculpture sings (not quite) the wind that blows across this hill works its way through the pipes that are placed at different angles and lengths and almost whistles.
Images 4 to 6 – The Halo – you can find this sculpture sitting on the hill above Haslingdon, again this is easily accessable by car, although its best to park in the town and walk up as space is limited. The added extra for this sculpture is that at dusk it lights up (see image 6).
Images 7 to 9 – The Atom – Situated on the hillside within the Wycoller Country Park The Atom (I think) is meant to look like an atom on a huge scale. You can see this sculpture as you follow the guided walks around the park, or alternatively you can drive up to the car park really close to the sculpture if you aren’t feeling very active. The large holes within the sculpture allow you to view elements of the landscape within which it sits almost as small snapshots (see image 9).
Images 10 to 12 – Colourfields – This final sculpture (on my journey around them) can be found in Corporation Park in Blackburn. This is the least obvious of the sculptures as it’s making good the old Cannon battery that sat on this site. The addition of the walkways both up and down along with the use of coloured floor tiles along the length of each walkway have brought this site back to life. It wasn’t the best day when I visited and the heavy rain and scattered leaves didn’t help with look of the sculpture.
These images were all taken on my different cameras and lens combinations