The first artwork by Wolfgang Weileder as part of the Jetty project: Art & Sustainability will begin construction this month – June 2014.
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One quality which sculptor Wolfgang Weileder does not lack is bottle – as his latest artwork taking shape above the River Tyne shows… Read all about it here – Cone Artwork
The first construction days
The weather has been more than kind for the building of the first Jetty project artwork. Five construction maintenance students from Gateshead College have begun work under the direction of Dave Purvis from Mears. This week has mostly been about preparing the site and getting the equipment and aquadyne there. Perhaps the most strenuous activity…
Day 5 of Construction
In the flurry of activity surrounding Cone, I managed to have several conversations with Wolfgang about the work. He spoke of his previous architectural-scale projects where he increasingly recognises that it is important that people make sense of the artwork themselves; from the apprentices who help construct it, to the people who view it. The…
Funding Award Success September 2013
Newcastle and Manchester Universities have secured funding from the AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) for new collaborative research ustilising the iconic structure of Dunston Staiths on the river Tyne as its context. As an interdisciplinary project that connects the debates of fine art and urban design, Jetty Project investigates how a contemporary public artwork…