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March 20, 2015 7:37 AM Subscribe
Tomorrow night, the Temple will burn.
Partially funded through a kickstarter campaign, scuplptor David Best has built an intricate, 75-foot wooden temple in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland, where the events of Bloody Sunday took place. The project has a lofty goal of creating a ritual which is "a celebration and ... a healing and understanding". Visitors are encouraged to leave messages and mementos in the structure. Can't visit in person? You can also visit (and leave messages in) a virtual model of the temple in Minecraft.
Partially funded through a kickstarter campaign, scuplptor David Best has built an intricate, 75-foot wooden temple in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland, where the events of Bloody Sunday took place. The project has a lofty goal of creating a ritual which is "a celebration and ... a healing and understanding". Visitors are encouraged to leave messages and mementos in the structure. Can't visit in person? You can also visit (and leave messages in) a virtual model of the temple in Minecraft.
Well Derry was UK City of Culture in 2013 so it's not a total stranger to arty-farty events. And to be fair, you can't set fire to a large wooden structure in Northern Ireland and not invoke the Troubles, as is obviously intentional here. The structure itself is beautiful - I didn't think it would be quite so intricate. I think this is a nice idea and a positive thing.
posted by billiebee at 8:10 AM on March 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by billiebee at 8:10 AM on March 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
One more link of interest just showed up in my Twitter feed, specifically about the Minecraft portion of this project: Templecraft.
posted by anastasiav at 8:10 AM on March 20, 2015
posted by anastasiav at 8:10 AM on March 20, 2015
There may come a day when it can stage agreeable arty-farty events without anyone referring to the Troubles.
You've got to admit, though, that this giant tower of flame atop a big hill at least has a subtlety to it that is lacking in most of the other public art of the region.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:11 AM on March 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
You've got to admit, though, that this giant tower of flame atop a big hill at least has a subtlety to it that is lacking in most of the other public art of the region.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:11 AM on March 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
Some examples of public art in Belfast. More than murals - who'da thunk?
posted by billiebee at 8:19 AM on March 20, 2015
posted by billiebee at 8:19 AM on March 20, 2015
Wow, the images in the "intricate ..." link are impressive. And the last picture on the page, the tower against the backdrop of Derry at twilight, is especially lovely.
posted by marsha56 at 10:53 PM on March 20, 2015
posted by marsha56 at 10:53 PM on March 20, 2015
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