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Uncle Mick · 30-12-2006, 12:26

I think the picture of the Blackburn Panoptican sums up the problem. Whether you like it or not it has to be kept in a decent state. The Blackburn one looks shabby and unloved and no doubt the council who`s job it is to provide maintenance for this sculpture will find better things to do with the towns money, which was always one of the reasons against anything on the Coppice, it would be just left to go to seed by the council.
Compare and contrast with the Angel Of The North, which has previously been used as a comparison. It needs minimum maintenance and was designed to weather as part of its attraction
Gayle does lots of fine work for the area and most of us don`t knock her just for the sake of it, only when we disagree with what is put forward, as is our democratic right. Remember Gayle is employed by Mid Pennine Arts and has to give a positive angle on these projects, because its her job!

30-12-2006, 12:26	#57
Uncle Mick Full Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: "Up here in the North of England" Posts: 703 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 1919	Re: PanoptiCAN and PanoptiCAN'T I think the picture of the Blackburn Panoptican sums up the problem. Whether you like it or not it has to be kept in a decent state. The Blackburn one looks shabby and unloved and no doubt the council who`s job it is to provide maintenance for this sculpture will find better things to do with the towns money, which was always one of the reasons against anything on the Coppice, it would be just left to go to seed by the council. Compare and contrast with the Angel Of The North, which has previously been used as a comparison. It needs minimum maintenance and was designed to weather as part of its attraction Gayle does lots of fine work for the area and most of us don`t knock her just for the sake of it, only when we disagree with what is put forward, as is our democratic right. Remember Gayle is employed by Mid Pennine Arts and has to give a positive angle on these projects, because its her job! __________________ " Crashes "