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Jane is originally from Edinburgh and now lives and works in London. Other public art commissions include Star Gazing – a constellation of stars (made of fibreoptics) above each dental chair in the ceilings of the Edinburgh Dental Institute.
Location: Main Circulation Areas
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Button Wall
An incredible 58,500 pearlescent buttons in pink, blue, orange and three shades of grey were used to create this four metre long wall – each one individually stuck on by hand then grouted and polished up to make the buttons shine.
Button Wall has been specifically designed for the curved wall outside the chapel. The changing light from the large south facing window makes the wall sparkle as the viewer moves past it.
I enjoy taking a familiar everyday object and giving it a very different use. Inspired by the granite buildings in Aberdeen, the mass of buttons can be seen as a playful version of a sparkling granite wall. The repetition of coloured circles also echoes
cell patterns found in the body. The texture can seem like the scales or skin of an animal.
An incredible 58,500 pearly buttons applied by hand . . . it will take you nearly a day to count them
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Postcard Journey
The hospital treats patients from all over the north east of Scotland – from Aberdeen and the shires, across the Grampians and up to the Orkney and Shetland Isles. Jane felt it was important to reference this in her work.
In June 2003, Jane gathered suggestions from staff, patients and visitors to the hospital, of special places for her to visit and photograph. In August 2003, she travelled from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to as far north as Shetland and Orkney on a journey which took her over 1200 miles across land and sea. The result is 30 light boxes enclosing striking photographic images and postcard text describing the artist’s journey.
Loosely basing the floor plan of the hospital with a map of the north east of Scotland, the artist has sited the light boxes in corridors and waiting areas corresponding to their locations on the map. On the ground floor, images are taken from points at sea level, on the first floor at locations found higher up and inland, and on the second floor on hill top areas. The light boxes are also sited at three different heights to enable children and adults to view the work.
The intimate scale of the work encourages people to engage with the work on a personal level. At night, the light boxes are like little beacons lighting up the wards and corridors. |
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