I only know the current location of one of the Hull moths. The one that is still in the Diamond building of Sheffield university which Amy Johnston graduated from.
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Where are they now? Lincoln Knights, Hull moths and Sheffield Elephants?
This year I followed trail of Moths in Hull and knights in Lincoln. Last year I followed the elephant trail in Shefgield.
I know where some of the knights and elephants are (see previous 2 day’s posts) but I do not know where any of the moths are.
Look out for a January post about wild in Art sculptures in 2018.
Think I was a bit underwhelmed by the cars when I visited as part of Good Friday day out. But now it is pointed out it is amazing, how got all sand in with doors and window closed. Maybe front window was taken out then put back when all sand in?
Hull City of Culture: Good Friday day out
Hey guys!! So last Saturday after we’d been to theHull Minster Making and Hanse Day Events, we went over to the Deep which is Hull’s very own Aquarium and we went over to look at the cars in the car park that are part of the ‘Washed Up Car-Go’ event. The ‘Washed Up Car-Go event is basically 3 ordinary looking cars in the Deep car park filled with sand, rocks and anything that’s to do with the beach or the sea. The cars play quite romantic music and display a film on a screen and ‘Washed Up Car-Go’ actually touches on issues such as pollution, consumeration and the tradition of marine art all through the films and plastic objects inside the cars. In today’s blog post, I’m going to be describing ‘Washed Up Car-Go’ to you all and giving you my opinion on it.
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Being Good Friday the museums of museum quarter Injand Ferens art gallery were closed, however I still found things to look at.
The Sping flowers in Princess Gardens were beautiful.
It is a shame all the redevelopment work was not completed before the year of culture as it means there are a lot of fences and barriers around.
The courts on Alfred Gelder street, are a very ornate building.
I went to the Deep car park to see installations within cars. These were not immediately obvious and it felt strange walking round car park trying to look for art in cars as although I may be wanting to not ride.
For example, in this picture one of the cars is the nearest one in this picture ( little light green colour one) then another is same colour other end of row nearly completely hidden in this photo by a van.
The first car:
The second car:
The third car:
I would say don’t come to Hull just for cars. But have a look if you go to the Deep, particularly if you are in group and there is a long queue to get into the Deep; you can take it turns to look at cars / wait in line. From The marine or museum quarter the cars are only a 5/10minute diversion each way.
I was not, expecting to see any urinals during my day out but, saw several at Fountsain 17 during a 5minute stop; did not feel needed to study them. I also paid a quick visit to the Humber Gallery on the same street. The upstairs galleries has exhibition on untill mid June called Becoming the sea. To be honest it was rather space, various videos so did not engage me for long.
Downstairs there was a Raft of Medusa, a reference had recently become aquatinted with due to car 2 at the Deep car park.
Also on Humber street was a couple of fun planters.
The paper exhibition 30June to 9th July, sounds interesting. At the launch the worlds favourite colour will be announced. At the I information point at the train station, I picked up some stickers and cards about how to submit favourite colour.
Humber street is part of an 80million pound regeneration project. Around the area are teasers about what is to come…
I also briefly popped into Playing the Bridge, a multimedia installation on Scale bridge near the museum quarter. In the semi darkness, films played on large screens and a couple of people had different hammers which they banged on the metal to create eerie acoustics.
I may have only popped into some places very briefly but, still fun especially as I discovered today and on previous visit during year of culture there is lots to see around.
During the day I only saw one Amy Johnson moth in St Stephens, not sure if this is now it’s permanent home as other moths have moved.
Hull hot chocolate at Cocoa Chocolatier
Hot chocolate at the Real McCoy Hull.
Wondewalls: Hull City of Culture
Average hot chocolate but interesting wall art, chocolate shop and afternoon teas looked good.
As I wandered lonely as a cloud,
All at once I saw a crowd,
A crowd of tourists to Hull,
Around lego daffodils and metal poppies they mull.
The daffodils are in Hull over Easter untill Tuesday 18th.
The poppies started life at the Tower of London in 2014. 2014 marked 100 years since the start of World War One. The moat of the Tower of London was filled with individual ceramic poppies. Each of the poppies symbolised one military death, during world war 1, startling to consider there were 888,246 (numbers based on 2010 audit of Commonwealth graves) and that was just the military deaths during World War One from Britain. Each day whilst the installation in the Tower of London the names of the dead that the poppies represented were read out. These individual poppies where sold for charity.
In addition to the poppies in the moat there was also an installation called Weeping Window, which was a cascade of poppies that appeared to pour from one of the castle windows into the most. I never got to see the installations at the Tower of London, alas for the benefit of myself and others the Weeping Window has been touring the country since it’s departure from the Tower of London. I first saw the installation draped over a bridge, appearing to pour into a river at the Yorkshire Sculpture park in November 2015. It is currently in Hull and due later this year to visit; Southend on Sea, Plymouth, Derby, Belefast and Cardiff.
Poppies are symbolic of the First World War due to a poem called Flander’s fields. Flanders fields describes how in the deviation in Flanders of dug up earth for soldiers graves the first flower to flower we’re bright red poppies a symbol of life from death.
The poppies are in Hull untill 14th May. They are in the same square where the Blade previously was. The current remains of the Blade, is an ugly fence round where it was.
Top 5 Large Elephants (Children’s Hospital Trail Sheffield 2016)
Butterfly net out; to catch Amy Johnson Inspired Moths
Sheffield Elephants vs Hull moths
DRUM ROLL …..
Herd of jungle animals, Lanarkshire to raise money for Glasgow children’s hospital
Knights Summer, 2017 Lincoln.
Bears Sumer 2017, Birmingham
Benches in a project called sitting with Jane. To mark 200 year since Jane Austin’s death. This is in Basingstoke where she wrote Pride and Prejudice.
Snow dogs (based upon Raymond Briggs creations) in Newcastle and Tyne and Wear and Wales
Hares summer 2018. Norwich.
More details of these and past projects are listed on the WildinArt website
Also I have come across some of the creations.
There is a selection of hot chocolates on the menu. I tried a raspberry one. Pretty presentation. The touch of raspberry flavour came from the syrup on top. The drink waswhite chocolate, however, it did not taste very chocolatelt, it was just like hot milk. Could be worth trying other flavours.
Wonderwall 