Writ in Water
Englefield Green, Egham TW20 0YU, United Kingdom
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CCRP+V8 Englefield Green, United Kingdom
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I enjoyed the raw concrete look of the building.
The structure teases and add a sense of eagerness when approaching the central chamber.
I would visit again to e experience it's simplistic design and contemplative central chamber.
Writ in Water, a major architectural artwork by Mark Wallinger, in collaboration with Studio Octopi, provides a new immersive space for contemplation and reflection at Runnymede, Surrey. Writ in Water is open seven days a week and is free to enter.
Over 800 years ago, Runnymede witnessed the feudal barons forcing King John to seal Magna Carta - a founding moment in shaping the basis of common law across the world.
Writ in Water, commissioned by the National Trust in association with arts producers Situations, celebrates the enduring significance of Magna Carta.
Set in the heart of this ancient landscape, Writ in Water reflects upon the founding principles of democracy, and through a meeting of water, sky and light, provides visitors with a space for reflection and contemplation.
Mark Wallinger has drawn inspiration from Clause 39 of Magna Carta and the fundamental principles of justice it embodies.
There's no obvious connection between this sculpture and Magna Carta nor John Keats had anything to do with it but the contemporary art is supposed to fly over an ordinary person's head. The artist in question here Mark Wallinger took the line from John Keats gravestone and created this round mud bath shaped artwork. Then he took the lines from Magna Carta's clause 39 and installed them upside down inside bath tub's rim so we can see in the reflection that no free man shall be seized or imprisoned.
Personally I'm too thick to understand the modern art but this is an interesting approach and pretty creative idea.