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The site for ‘Afloat’ on the end of a small promontory was selected to enable the viewer, when looking seawards, to see the horizon through the central hole in the sculpture. It appears as a line following through the lines of longitude on the sculpture. The blue-green patination forms a link to the ever-changing colour of the sky and the sea. The shape comes from a torus, a speculative form for how black holes might look. Based on a globe, the points at the north and south poles are pushed together through the sphere, forming a central hole where they meet. Viewing ‘Afloat’ from the beach-end of the promontory is, therefore, seeing it from what would have been one of the poles. The concentric radial indentations around its surface are the longitudinal lines.
Title
Afloat
Date
1995
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H (?) x W 250 x D (?) cm
Accession number
BN1_LS_S025
Acquisition method
commissioned by Brighton Borough Council, with funding from the National Lottery
Work type
Sculpture
Work status
extant
Listing status
not listed
Unveiling date
1998
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the bronze base of the sculpture, facing the road: AFLOAT Hamish Black 1998
