Public art...

...in Cathedral Square, Wakefield...

This is a detail from one of the wings. I can't say I was taken by the whole sculpture, but here's some background info:

Jason Wilsher-Mills (b. 1969, Wakefield, UK) will present a new 6.5-foot bronze sculpture that in part explores his own personal connection to nearby Walton Hall, the former home of Charles Waterton, at which his parents met while his mother was working there as an auxiliary nurse. Wilsher-Mills’ sculpture will depict an Amazonian Caiman god holding a small ferry boat containing figures of his parents. The figure will be wearing leg callipers as a proud depiction of disability and a nod to the artist’s own experience of debilitating chicken pox in childhood that left him partially paralysed. Visitors will be able to engage further with the sculpture through augmented reality technology and QR codes, which will allow them to hear a new poem by poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan, created in response to the sculpture’s themes, as well as access an online animated film.


No QR codes as yet...


A successful visit to the optician to pick up my new single-vision glasses - seems like badminton is set to continue after the summer break ;)