Stonehenge is coming to Glasgow, en-route the London Olympics, according to yesterday's Scotland on Sunday.
It appears that artist Jeremy Deller is to construct a plastic, interactive, replica of the monument, named Sacrilege, which will be initially displayed on Glasgow Green before being transported to London, where it will as based as a "cultural tourist attraction during the Olympic Games".
This, of course, ties in with the semi-obscured British Israel connotations of the forthcoming games and indeed with William Blake's Jerusalem, the latter inspired by the story that Jesus visited Stonehenge / Glastonbury with his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea.
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Bottom image - Olympic lightbringing ceremony.
BBC- Merlin from Glasgow.
wiki - And did those feet in ancient time / Jerusalem.
4 comments:
Hi Spaceman
The project name "Sacrilege" was released months ago but NOTHING (and I stress _NOTHING_) was released about the project until this week.
Something is afoot, thanks for the heads up.
Hiya Jeff, thanks, there is more on-line now at BBC and mailonline re it. BBC even got a video. It is a giant bouncy "castle". Over here, all children's inflatables are called "bouncy castles". Meanwhile, giant (puppets) are on the go in Liverpool, again check BBC.
cheers
Hi Spaceman The project name "Sacrilege" was released months ago but NOTHING (and I stress _NOTHING_) was released about the project until this week. Something is afoot, thanks for the heads up.
Hi Spaceman The project name "Sacrilege" was released months ago but NOTHING (and I stress _NOTHING_) was released about the project until this week. Something is afoot, thanks for the heads up.
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