Tree scuplture junction of East Dulwich Road UNVEILING 10am Sun 23 Feb 2014

[davidallotey]

Was Peckham rye ever SE22 l only ask because the Peckham rye street signs one is SE15 and the other one is SE22.I was once told that the Gardens was SE15 before some plum in the mouth snobs had it turned into SE22.

[KidKruger]

So you'll be going along to the tree unveiling is in SE15, but not if it's in SE22 ?

[galexa]

The tree looks great. Congrats to the sculptor.

[Jeremy]

davidallotey Wrote:

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> I was once told that the Gardens was

> SE15 before some plum in the mouth snobs had it

> turned into SE22.

East Dulwich was no posher than peckham until quite recently, so whoever told you that is obviously talking out of their arse!

[northdulmum]

Exciting - did anyone take a photo they can post on here?

[PeckhamRose]

Yes, I could but I won't. Yet!

Signs all over the place reminding we are in England, telling us DO NOT CLIMB THIS SCULPTURE and DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH THIS PRECIOUS WORK OF ART

are

NOT to be seen at this amazing beautiful work of art!

Yay!

Well done artists and thanks to the Councillors who awarded the tiny amount of CGS award that allowed it to be done!

[BJL]

davidallotey Wrote:

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> I was once told that the Gardens was

> SE15 before some plum in the mouth snobs had it

> turned into SE22.

When did this happen?

I've been here for decades and AFAIK the area west of Peckham Rye and south of East Dulwich Road has been SE22 for a very long time.

[brezzo]

Er, I think you'll find for most people Peckham is posher than ED

[PeckhamRose]

I was once told the earth was flat, or maybe it was that I was told that people still Believed that the earth was flat, either way, back to this thread!

[galexa]

A couple of phone snaps attached but do go and look if you can.

[Willard]

Looks great! Thanks for posting, looking forward to popping down there.

[Sue]

I saw it yesterday afternoon.

I think it looks great. It was attracting a lot of interest, and everybody seemed to like it :)

Thanks everybody involved.

[strae]

Very nice indeed!

[fabfor]

galexa Wrote:

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> A couple of phone snaps attached but do go and

> look if you can.

Wonderful!

Thank you very much, galexa.:-))

[grumpyoldman]

out of interest how much did it cost and who paid?

[ruffers]

morganico.com Wrote:

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> @PeknamRose the title of a person who tinkers with

> trees is called an arborist or tree surgeon i

> believe (or sculptor/artist in my case)... indeed

> we are carving a sculpture from the dead Plane

> tree (or finding the sculpture within it az they

> say in artspeak) with a community theme suggestid

> by a Peknam person. John Martin a local resident

> applied for funding for it via the Cleaner,

> Greener, Safer scheme run by Nils Battye at

> Southwark council which also funded the nearby

> bollarts and mural project outside the Herne

> Tavern. the funding schemes are awarded on a

> yearly basis with community improve idea suggestid

> by people who live and werk in the borough..yous

> can suggest ideas for it anytime... cheers.

> morganico(.com)"

This from page one of the thread.

[PokerTime]

The money awarded from the CGS was ?2500.

http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=4410

A pot of around ?250k is available from the CGS each year. Any individual or community group within Southwark can apply for funding for any project that falls within the remit of the scheme.

There's a lot of imformation about the scheme on Southwark's website.

[val162]

Am I the only one who is depressed by the production of this sculpture, the absence of design research as relates to the area, the crude addition of wings once the sculptor discovered that Blake had seen angels on Peckham Rye (though this is such an old chestnut - lots of other interesting things happened on the Rye over the years including a race by Boudica!), lack of consutation with local community, lack of documentation on site......

[DulwichFox]

The overall production looks Good. Though I have only seen it from my car.

I have no understanding of any relevance to the local area if there is any.

I do not much appreciate the addition of the 'Wings' and others have expressed similar views

Do not think they add anything to the piece.

But them I'm only a Fox.

DulwichFox.

[El Pibe]

for the emigr?s and in case people haven't seen it

The blurb said "The piece, sculpted from a damaged tree, is based on the notion of unity and friendship ? feelings Morganico felt were rooted in the local area."

Clearly morganico hasn't been on the edf ;-P

 

[PokerTime]

I think it's fantastic. I love every bit of it.

[hpsaucey]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> for the emigr?s and in case people haven't seen it

>

>

> The blurb said "The piece, sculpted from a damaged

> tree, is based on the notion of unity and

> friendship ? feelings Morganico felt were rooted

> in the local area."

>

> Clearly morganico hasn't been on the edf ;-P

>

The EDF is often the acerbic 'pithy' side of the 'local area'. Perhaps he has visited Nunhead and the piece is based on that....

[PokerTime]

It was applied for under Peckham Rye ward, as that part of the park and road falls under it. So not really an ED issue anyway.

[hpsaucey]

hpsaucey Wrote:

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> El Pibe Wrote:

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> -----

> > for the emigr?s and in case people haven't seen

> it

> >

> >

> > The blurb said "The piece, sculpted from a

> damaged

> > tree, is based on the notion of unity and

> > friendship ? feelings Morganico felt were

> rooted

> > in the local area."

> >

> > Clearly morganico hasn't been on the edf ;-P

> >

>

> The EDF is often the acerbic 'pithy' side of the

> 'local area'. Perhaps he has visited Nunhead and

> the piece is based on that....

Darn - I'm a Nunheadian but I've blown it by revealing my pithy side...

[dansus]

I think the wings were an attempt to make it look less phallic. It was in danger of looking like a giant ...

Its a thing, carved out of a tree, beyond that i dont think theres much value in dissecting it too much.