(Clockwise from top left) Feast by Lucy Casson, photo: Mike Davidson; Slinky Tower by Jim Buckley, photo: Mike Davidson; Space Place by Ally Wallace; photo: Mike Davidson; Fun Fact / Lenticular Robot by Lucy Richards, photo: Andy McGregor
What a fantastic set of artworks these are - commissioned by PACE for the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital. They include work by Lucy Casson, who has created a group of picniking plaster figures who are perched on an external courtyard roof, and Michael Brennand-Wood, probably my favourite textile artist in the whole world:
"Within the A&E waiting area, Michael Brennand-Wood has produced 'Mr Sandman' - a kinetic floor to ceiling panel - incorporating nine portholes through which the viewer can see a variety of toys and medical items when revealed by sand which is rotated by machinery.Michael has also produced 'Shakin All Over' - a collection of eight boxes located along a corridor, each containing a different collection of images, giving the sense of a strange museum. The collections reference the habitat of the north east of Scotland and include images of shells, fish, birds and fragments of maps."
Scottish Arts Council
There's load more info and some great photos on the websites of PACE and the Scottish Arts Council
Also:
The Saltire Society: Arts in Architecture Awards 2005
an: PACE Commissions - Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen
Press Box: Can art help cure sick children? Lucy Richards and the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital art project
Public Art Online: Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
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