PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD
Amanda
King
bollards, 1993
Howard Street entrance to City Campus
rolled steel, painted red
Removed in 1995 - whereabouts unknown
Location:
Howard Street entrance to City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University. (A-Z p5 4F)
Description:
Painted red wrappings of steel around a hollow core. Interior lighting for
each was planned but never installed. The bollards were removed in 1995
when the area was redeveloped.
[Update 2005] The bollards have not reappeared despite plans in 1995 to
re-use them at a different location within the University. Their current
whereabouts is uncertain.
Commission:
Sheffield Hallam University
Comment:
Artist says a solution to the problem of bollards was found once she thought
of them as small pieces of sculpture, not street furniture. Part of the
brief was to provide a space within the bollards for possible lighting and
to prevent them from being used to chain bicycles. At present the bollards
have been removed and are in store awaiting further use.
