Public Artwork
North is Freedom
Location:
Halifax North Memorial Public Library , 2285 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS, B3K 3B6, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s):
Bamford, Stephen
Text author(s):
Clarke, George Elliott
Collaborator(s):
Brathwaite, Stephen
Installation year:
2007 Description:
A kid stands on the roof of the Halifax North Memorial Public Library, on Gottingen Street, and watches as a young woman helps a young man climb to the top of a 20-foot-high steel monolith, play out in the square below. They are local students from Saint Patrick-Alexandra School, cast in bronze. They are unfinished figures, a gesture.
The steel monolith is engraved with words that tell their community's story.
Text of the artwork:
(On a side)
North is freedom-
Uptown, down-home:
Each book a drum
Each life a poem
George E. Clarke
(On one side, incomplete text)
Respect, North, SOS
Text theme:
Commemorating the history, present and future of Halifax Dimensions:
Height:
6.09m Note(s):
"The idea behind the sculpture is that we can achieve much on the strength of our shared experience and that knowledge is power." - Doug Bamford
Source: SWCSMH (2008). Public Art in Halifax.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/ccn/info/Science/SWCS/public_art/public_art.html
The three human figures in the public art piece are modelled after local students from Saint Patrick's-Alexanda School.
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