PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD
Peter
Griffiths
‘Peg 1’, 1998
The Archway Centre, Sheffield Transport Interchange
White adhesive vinyl cut by computer controlled vinyl cutter and applied
to windows
Brief for commission: "Lens based/photographic artist who has previous experience of working with large public sites. To create a temporary work for the glass front of a leisure centre, 80' high and 150' wide."
Date of installation of piece: 18 - 21 October 1998
Date of Official Opening: Thursday 22 October
"The work uses the scale of the building and the curve of the windows. The whole work is only visible from the distance while when close to it, only sections are visible. I was interested in working with light and felt that the different lighting conditions from rain to sun, night to day, would be something that the work should try to make use of.
"My work develops through ideas and images which reflect my experiences and feelings. These are expressed through the materials I use and feed greatly on past work. I have worked in the past as a painter and use this experience in work I now produce using computers. I use the qualities of a process or material to create images that explore qualities of line, balance or unbalance and colour. I aim to work with the eloquence of the story teller to tell the tale.
"The freedom of scale when working with the computer becomes an important part of the work; the virtualness of the screen, the world of television. The work can then manifests its self through the means of production to a size that fits the location and the audience. Yet the same work could become manifest in another situation, scale and time. Such is the irony of this virtual production tool.
"I am interested in the qualities of the modern material cut by computer devices and the juxtaposition of it to its surroundings."
