Installation on remains of Roman structure in Northumberland is part of wall’s 1,900th anniversary celebrations
Inside the temporary scaffold structure – about 16 metres by 9 metres – visitors will have the same life-enhancing views that Roman guards looked out on nearly 2,000 years ago, minus the Picts.Photograph: Mark Pinder/The Guardian
On the outside it is a riot of colourful wooden placards bearing words, phrases and pictures inspired by Hadrian’s Wall and suggested by community groups. A structure that seems so big, colourful and visible will not be to everyone’s taste, but that’s fine, said Myerscough. “It’s not whether people like something, or they don’t like something … if they start talking about it then that is very exciting. It’s about being surprised by something.”Some of the phrases on the work are abstract, others literal. Many have a poetry about them.
She said: “When I walked round there was this really profound moment when I stood in the middle and looked out and realised this had to be the place … I also knew I needed to make a work everybody could be involved in and they could have their voices on it.”The installation is the first major commission for the new creative programme for English Heritage sites led by the curator
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