A sculpture of the skeleton (Ozymandais) of a human being - 800 metres x 250 metres minimum - all that is left of the human race, after Gaia like, the earth has reclaimed itself from humans who largely ignored the dangers of global warming. The size of the sculpture indicates the relative damage humans have done to the planet in comparison to other species. Ideally, thinking big, the sculpture would be a giant wall around the British coastline (the Great Wall of China) where Canute like it was unable to prevent the rising seas.The scupture could be built from the detritus of capitalist over production e.g. abandoned cars, fridges etc.or from plastic sheeting, rocks etc.
The project would be a community educational effort aimed at creating mass involvement, large scale publicity plus controversy.
The work would be in the tradition of environmental and landscape artists.
The movement needs to draw on alternative ways of getting its message across and involving people.
ron wiener - community artist
ron@ronwiener.co.uk
