Visitors to eerie Birmingham installation will be able to access jet by narrowboat and wander around cabin when it opens in 2017The artist Roger Hiorns,who once converted a council flat into a glittering cavern of blue crystals, is planning a more sinister installation for Birmingham – a Boeing 737 buried on a derelict canal island that can be reached by a narrowboat journey and a spiral staircase.“It is probably one for the claustrophobic to steer clear of, or ” Jonathan Watkins,director of the Ikon Gallery, said. Since he first discussed the arrangement with Hiorns, and it has acquired even more ominous symbolism from air disasters such as the recent Sinai crash,which killed everyone on board. “There are better days and worse days when this is a more difficult project to discuss.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com