Cosmos unveiled at Alice Holt Forest
Date uploaded: October 27, 2014
Semiconductor have unveiled their first ever public sculpture at Alice Holt Forest. Commissioned through the Jerwood Open Forest initiative, it is a new artwork and a the culmination of more than a year’s research and development by Semiconductor who have collaborated with scientists from Forest Research, the scientific agency of the Forestry Commission.
Their work explores the material nature of our world. Through this piece they consider scientific data as a means of understanding the environment, and the relationship between how science represents the physical world and how we experience it.
The spherical piece is based on one year’s worth of measurements of the take up and loss of carbon dioxide from the forest trees collected from the top of a 28m high flux tower located nearby in Alice Holt Research Forest. The work will be situated a leisurely 20 minute walk from the visitor centre and will be open to the public for years to come.
For information about visiting Alice Holt Forest click here.
For information on Forest Research’s work on the role of forests in climate change click here.
Jerwood Open Forest was launched in 2013 as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme by Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Forestry Commission England, with additional support of public funding through Arts Council England’s Grants for the arts programme. For more information about the Jerwood Visual Arts programme click here.
