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Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« on: August 31, 2014, 08:23:41 PM »
The sculpture on the entrance into Chesterfield is now there.

 I saw it last night for the first time. I don't think it is yet in it's final place is it?
It's not as tall as I expected it to be, it looked quite 'chunky'

Wasn't that impressed to be honest.
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2014, 08:28:58 PM »
It's called Growth and it wasn't my choice out of the designs the Council commissioned - but I've seen it a few times over the last week and I like it.

But until it's finished and all is cleared up we'll have to wait and see.
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2014, 11:45:58 PM »
Yes the money comes from an EU fund to be spent on art.
I've just read some utter tosh spouted by someone elsewhere, it was one persons view/voice.
Would a Lib Dem/Tory or joint council say 'NO', We don't want the statue, keep your money. We'll just keep cutting the grass.
Do the party they back have the same opinion. It looked like political spew to me, let's disagree cos !!
I don't think for 1 minute if the Libs or Tories were in council in Chezzy they would say no, we don't want the money.

As you once said about me Pete, "You love visiting places and taking photo's", yes I do. If there wasn't owt there to look at, I wouldn't go there.

Yes I detest the traffic chaos it's caused, it disrupts my job, costs me money. Just like the new cycle path will LOL
It might bring people to Chezzy to have a gander, it's happening. So get on with it.
Yes I'd sooner see my tax payments help people in this country first, not elsewhere in the EU, but other than voting, I'm not in a position to do it !!

Sorry if it looks like a rant, it is  :-X
I've felt like sh** for the last 7 hours !!!!



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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2014, 09:59:13 AM »
All Towns/Cities want to have a 'feature' I would imagine to draw people in.
Would I go to Chesterfield to see a small chunky 'tree'  - no!

I would agree that any money to be spare could have gone to better use sculpture is lovely to view but doesn't fill bellies or put clothes on peoples backs, I suppose it's kept someone in work for awhile though.

We visited the Angel of the North last year Huge Fantastic sight to look at, no comparison in the two.

However I will stand to be corrected as Pete says 'when it's completed' if I think differently.
I have also yet to see it in daylight so again may think differently about it then.
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2014, 09:27:56 PM »
The  Tree?,  is  that  what  it  is?,  not  an  art  lover so  I  don,t  understand  it,  but  if  someone  gets  paid  for  doing  that,  then  I  was  in  the  wrong  job!
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2014, 09:40:01 PM »
Welcome to ChesterfieldOnline Pastiman,
It's a very debatable subject. I drove past it today in my taxi. for the first time,
I've had a week off work with the missus on holiday.
It's nowhere near as big and obnoxious as I thought it would be. So I'll keep my impressions of it to myself till it's finished.
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2014, 10:21:11 PM »
Looks like a Triffid to me! :))
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2014, 11:45:53 PM »
 Drove train past again today...........................still looks like a Triffid! :)) :))
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2014, 12:53:56 PM »
Had a long look at it today - not for me.
I just hope the surroundings make it look more a display.
Does anyone know if the lights on top are solar?
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 01:45:42 PM »
Explained here
http://www.melaniejacksondesign.com/#!current-projects/cncr
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 02:33:45 PM »
Drove past today - it's rusted already!!!  >;

Seriously it's like that Shakespeare offering 'much ado about nothing', can't see it making people come to Chesterfield either. If it does, then do the two structures behind the old AND make people go to Queens park?
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2014, 03:36:40 PM »
Have to agree with you there Alsatian. I looked at the brown colouring on it and didn't like it at all, looked cheap and nasty to me.
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2014, 04:06:46 PM »
It's supposed to be that colour. Have you seen the Angel of the North? Like that and other Antony Gormley works. http://bit.ly/1vNxYcm
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2014, 06:10:40 PM »
Shouldn,t   motorists  be   concentrating  on  the  road,  its  mad  enough  as  it  is on  that  roundabout,  without  looking  at  a  so  called  metal  Tree !
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Re: Anyone else seen 'The Tree' ?
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2014, 06:13:09 PM »
Had another look this afternoon.
@ engine driver - have you any railway sleepers missing as the tree looks like old bent ones  ::)

Yes Pete we went to visit the Angel of the North last year. It's very impressive.
Maybe the difference in sizes has something to do my dislike of the colour?
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