Liverpudlians are being treated to the sight of a city centre building turning itself inside out. Sculptor Richard Wilson has cut out an egg-shaped section of a derelict building front and fixed it to a giant pivot. The facade will rotate like a huge opening and closing window, giving passers-by a glimpse of the interior.
The artwork, called Turning The Place Over, is part and parcel of Liverpool’s year as European city of culture will run until the end of 2008. The cut-out, which measures eight metres across, rests on a rotator usually found in the shipping or nuclear industries.
Is it art? Is it great art? Well I like it and I certainly could see myself spending a good long time watching it. Even if you think it is pointless, there are far worse things you could do to a derelict building prior to its demolition.
