Table of Unification
Heywood, Anthony (2017) Table of Unification. [Public art, Sculpture]
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The project was to make a table sculpture using recycled timber collected from neighbouring Middle East and European countries to symbolically bring together many nations.
The invitation to take part in the European Capital of Culture started in 2013, and the planning and logistics for the project took place over 2013-16. This included working closely with various communities across the island and forming strong links to gain access to the northern occupied territories with the United Nations and British Embassy.
The European Capital of Culture team put out a request across the region through the embassies for donations of recycled timbers, and this provided the project with many timbers of different sizes and shapes, many of which carried messages of goodwill which we had requested. The most challenging request was to gain access to derelict houses now in the occupied territories on the green line, which had been lying in a derelict state for nearly 40 years since the invasion of Turkish troops in 1974.
We needed to collect upwards of 5000kg of timbers as the sculpture was to be over 4 m diameter and 0.9 m tall. After several visits to Cyprus and many hours collecting and collating timbers we managed to pull together all of the donated and collected timbers at the Cyprus Technical College, Pafos, who had very kindly offered their premises and resource to support the project. This included machinery, manpower and heavy duty tools. We also had the good fortune to have the support of highly skilled staff who kindly gave their time for the project. The manufacture of the work took place in late 2016 over a month long period when ‘all hands on deck’ enabled us to complete the work and have it placed at the European Capital of Culture HQ until its installation into the ancient and newly refurbished market place at the Ibrahim Khan. This ancient market place has been at the crossroads of many nations' travellers for generations and reputedly was the place where soldiers stayed on their trip to the crusades as well as traders bound for the far east along the silk road into China.
The ECC Pafos has had a significant amount of redevelopment: 35 million euros over the period and this included the redeveloped Khan. The install took place in October 2017 and the Khan, including the table of unification, has now been nominated for the European culture prize 2018.
Euronews ARTE, transmitted January 2017
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