Public art & sculpture · South Wales
Alliance
Alliance in Wales South, United Kingdom.
Robin Drayton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Alliance is a public sculpture in Wales South, United Kingdom, dating from 2009. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
Alliance is a 25-metre-high (82 ft) sculpture in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, created by Paris installation artist Jean-Bernard Metais. It consists of a large, partly enamelled, stainless steel arrow, and a hoop that glows in the dark. It was financed by the St David’s shopping centre as part of a £1.5m public art scheme in the city centre, and was unveiled on 3 December 2009.
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Background
Architecture
Alliances arrow and hoop seem to balance in the air. The hoop, filled with a phosphorescent liquid, is partially submerged below the pavement, with a mechanism programmed to make it rise and fall with the Bristol Channel tides. Métais describes the piece as "an organic clock" which "connects the place with the people". Words in both English and Welsh, written by Cardiff-based poet Peter Finch, are projected onto the pavement at night by equipment installed within the arrow. According to the developers, the text is a play on the word Cardiff, reflecting its history and the present day.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4780, -3.1754
- District
- Cardiff
- Parish
- Castle
- Postcode
- CF10 1AJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth
- Established
- 2009
- Official site
- playatpins.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q4732277 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Alliance (sculpture) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Alliance?
- Alliance is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CF10 1AJ), in the parish of Castle.
- When was Alliance built?
- Built or established in 2009.
- Who owns Alliance?
- Alliance is owned by St David's.
- Is Alliance free to visit?
- Yes, Alliance is free to enter.
- How do I get to Alliance?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CF10 1AJ. It sits within the Cardiff South and Penarth parliamentary constituency.