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Acaster Malbis
(City of York) North Yorkshire Yorkshire & Humberside Naburn Bridge |
The Fisher of Dreams |
Pete Rogers
2001 |
Sculpture of metal wires of a fisher, on his fishing rod hangs a model of a steam train, the Flying Scotsman. Behind him/her lies his bike - and a dog is peeing on the bike.
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N.B. The sculpture is not on the middle of the bridge, but almost on the western river bank. Open Street map makes clear that the sculpture is located in the civil parish of Acaster Malbis, only about 50 meters from the border with Bishopthorpe, and maybe 10 meters from the border with Naburn, in the middle of the river.
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The Fisher of Dreams The Fisher of Dreams sculpture on this bridge was created by local artist Pete Rogers. Funding for this project came from the City of York's 'Creative Communities 2000' scheme, a Millennium project to fund community art, administered on the Council's behalf by Rural Arts. Additional funding for the sculpture came from the cycle track owners, 'Sustrans'. Installation of the sculpture was possible by the generosity of William Birch & Sons. In this project Pete Rogers worked with local people to design a sculpture for the bridge. To involve the community in this project, Pete Rogers held an Open Day on the bridge in October 2000. This generated many drawings, models and descriptions of possible sculptures that could enhance the bridge. From these contributions, Pete Rogers made models of three possible sculptures. One depicted the Flying Scotsman, one a group of people who now use the bridge and the third model depicted the 'Fisher of Dreams'. In January 2001 the models were displayed in local schools, Naburn post office, Bishopthorpe library, Tesco's in Dringhouses and on the bridge itself. As a result of these exhibitions a total of more than 800 people voted for their favourite design and the clear winner, with more than 50% of the votes, was the 'Fisher of Dreams.' The tranquil Fisher, deliberately neither male nor female, dreams his (or her) dreams by the river bank, of a time when the 'Flying Scotsman' still steamed over this bridge. Everything seems idyllic - but always remember, it's just when all seems right with the world, that's there's a dog behind you, peeing on your bike! |
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