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Sci Art Themed Sculpture Garden launches at Porthcurno, West Cornwall

Date uploaded: May 28, 2009

The UK’s first Sci Art themed Sculpture Garden opens in West Cornwall this Thursday, May 28, unveiling a series of large-scale art works that articulate the invisible science behind telegraphic technology and celebrate Porthcurno’s key role in world history.

Porthcurno has been described as “the Silicon Valley of its age” - the site of the first successful submarine telegraph cable established between Britain and India in 1870 and subsequently the hub of the British Empire’s communications network for 100 years, leading enormous advancements of the time. 

The six new sculptural works - created by renowned artists and Cornish schoolchildren, are the culmination of a three-year creative process and responses to the unique exhibits and archives at the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, home to the new Gardens just a few miles from Lands End.

With unprecedented access to these resources, five renowned artists worked with pre-GCSE science students at 6 Cornish schools to explore innovative ways of interpreting the science & technology of communication –electromagnetism, light and sound waves.

The opening on May 28 includes a PUBLIC EVENT from 2pm on with FREE ENTRY to the Museum and Garden and the chance to try out fun science activities and workshops, as well as an invitation-only evening reception opened by artist Kurt Jackson.

Artist Tom Grimsey says: “Many of the ideas and intellectual structures of science can be made visible through the arts and often have an inherent beauty.”

Contact:

Laura Martin: Press & PR for Porthcurno Sculpture Garden on behalf of Porthcurno Telegraph Museum & the PK Trust [email protected] 07966 862630

Lissajous Wave Star, Tom Grimsey, Porthcuno Sculpture Garden

Lissajous Wave Star, Tom Grimsey, Porthcuno Sculpture Garden

Global Wave Vane Falmouth School, Sam White, Martyn Ellison, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Global Wave Vane Falmouth School, Sam White, Martyn Ellison, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lightcatcher-Porthcurno, Suzanne Redstone, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lightcatcher-Porthcurno, Suzanne Redstone, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lightcatcher-Porthcurno, Suzanne Redstone, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lightcatcher-Porthcurno, Suzanne Redstone, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lissajous Wave Ring, Tom Grimsey, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lissajous Wave Ring, Tom Grimsey, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lissajous Wave Star, Tom Grimsey, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden

Lissajous Wave Star, Tom Grimsey, Porthcurno Sculpture Garden