Storing (Re)Storing Sculpture

Okell, Molly (2025) Storing (Re)Storing Sculpture. [Book art/Artist's book, Installation, Sculpture]

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Sculpture Storage 1

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Gustav Holst sculpture

Gustav Holst sculpture

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Creators:
Okell, Molly
Description/Abstract:

IT’S A QUESTION OF STORAGE.

From an economic, social and environmental standpoint storing sculpture is a huge undertaking and once removed from its site-specific location it lacks the context that is so fundamental to its meaning.

My Gustav Holst sculpture was commissioned to mark the centenary of the composer Gustav Holst and his celebrated suite The Planets. Situated on the plinth outside Morley College for three years the challenge was to find a way of storing the sculpture once the three years were up.

The Storing Sculpture (SS) research question was born out of a pressing need to solve this problem. I began by asking ‘Can I reimagine the sculpture in other forms and find alternative ways of ‘storing’ my sculpture?’

If alternative forms of documentation could give the sculpture new meaning could alternative ways of storing the sculpture achieve the same thing?

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
7 March 2025
Funders:
UCA ECR Funding
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :
sculpture, storage, warehousing, site-specific sculpture, Gustav Holst
Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
Research Centres:
Animation Research Centre
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
Molly Okell
Date Deposited:
18 Mar 2025 09:14
Last Modified:
18 Mar 2025 09:20
Okell, Molly:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3010-1694
Art/Design Categories:
Book art/Artist's book, Installation, Sculpture
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6677

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