Hereford street artists strike again (From Hereford Times)
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Hereford street artists strike again
8:30am Saturday 15th September 2012 in News
Hereford street artists strike again
WOODEN street sculptures have sprung up in Hereford.
The pieces appeared overnight on a footpath near the Victoria Bridge and alongside the duck pond on Cantilupe Street.
They were put their by art group The Bestiary which hopes to raise money for a more ambitious project.
“In a nutshell, we are young artists trying to put ourselves on the creative map,” explains the group’s website.
“What we would like to do is draw focus to areas of decay, firstly in our own city and then the rest of the UK.
“Simply put, we would like to build trees; trees in abandoned warehouses, trees in derelict restaurants and decrepit print shops, trees built entirely out of reclaimed timber.”
The group plans to film their work and compile the footage into a short film.
“What we're really trying to capture is a sense of life and growth in an environment that has in effect been left to die,” the website adds.
For the project to go ahead, the group aims to raise £3,000 by the end of the month.
Until they do, members of the Bestiary say they will produce at least one new sculpture a week.
Comments(9)
Gillian1961
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10:38am Sat 15 Sep 12
silentbull
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3:40pm Sat 15 Sep 12
'Still' better than those horrible looking boards around the old cattle market
mr.dig
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8:44pm Sat 15 Sep 12
Lukio
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11:48am Sun 16 Sep 12
bobby47
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3:26pm Sun 16 Sep 12
Kids, you've hit the right place. If ever there was a place in decay it's here in Hereford but...can I respectfully suggest a better place. It's rotten from the bottom to the top. It's way beyond decay. It's more like festering stagnant animal excrement. The Town Hall kids. That's the place to display your work.
Good luck kids. My warmest regards to you.
Gillian1961
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2:27pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Lukio wrote:Yes that,s Hereford and most other towns, I am not Cynicism it is reality, i love any form of Art, flowers and statues around Hereford where i live Vandalizing is top of some morons list, The statue of the Hereford Bull in high town as already been touch the flower tubs get attacked every year,
Nice cynicism there Gillian1961. What a positive outlook you have on life.
bobby47
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5:27pm Mon 17 Sep 12
I on the other hand am like you and most other authors. Fed up and demoralised.
My warmest regards to you.
Lukio
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10:00pm Mon 17 Sep 12
ArmadilloSackRace says...
10:03am Sat 15 Sep 12