Crawick Multiverse
Crawick Multiverse is a land art project by the landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks near Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway. It opens to the public on June 21, 2015.[1] The project is located on the site of a former open cast coal mine and covers approximately 55 acres,[2] making it the largest of Jencks' works in Britain.[3] Nine 'landforms' make up the Crawick Multiverse. Like Jencks' other work, including the nearby Garden of Cosmic Speculation, these represent ideas from modern cosmology.[4] Unlike the Garden of Cosmic speculation, the Crawick Multiverse landforms use stone, in the style of the megalithic monuments. These include the 'North-South Path', a 400 meter long stone avenue flanked by over 300 boulders,[2] and two stone circles on top of mounds representing the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.[5] In total, over 2000 boulders have been used in the project.[2] Jencks has described it as "A cosmic landscape worthy of the ancients."[4]
References
- ↑ Crawick Multiverse press release, and subsequent news reports: "New £1m Scottish 'Multiverse' artland is out of this world". Crawick Multiverse. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- "Charles Jencks Crawick coal mine art project nears completion". BBC. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- Miller, Phil (2015-04-30). "Jencks unveils his new Multiverse of 2000 boulders in Dumfries and Galloway". heraldscotland. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
- 1 2 3 "About Crawick". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ Wade, Mike (2015-04-30). "Old coal mine has cosmic facelift". The Times (London). Northumberlandia, by comparison, covers 47 acres.
- 1 2 "Home". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Two Galaxy Mounds – Andromeda and The Milky Way". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
External links
- The statue got me high. A critical reflection on the Crawick Multiverse by The Urban Prehistorian
- Video and commentary on the Crawick Multiverse.
- Video and commentary on the associated bings at Gateside.
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