Crawick Multiverse
| Designations | |
|---|---|
Official name | Crawick Multiverse |
| Designated | 28 March 2024 |
| Reference no. | GDL00413 |
Crawick Multiverse is a land art project by the landscape architect and designer Charles Jencks near Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway. The project began in 2005 when Jencks was invited to re-imagine an abandoned mine, and it opened to the public on 21 June 2015.[1] The project is located on the site of a former open cast coal mine and covers approximately 55 acres,[2] making it the largest of Jencks's works in Britain.[3] Nine 'landforms' make up the Crawick Multiverse.
Like some of Jencks's other work, including the nearby Garden of Cosmic Speculation, this project represent ideas from modern cosmology, specifically the theory that our universe is one of many.[4] Unlike the Garden of Cosmic Speculation, the Crawick Multiverse landforms use stone, in the style of the megalithic monuments. These include the 'North-South Line', a 400 meter long stone avenue flanked by over 300 boulders,[2] and two stone circles on top of mounds representing the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies.[5] In total, over 2000 boulders have been used in the project.[2] Jencks has described it as "A cosmic landscape worthy of the ancients."[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Crawick Multiverse press release, and subsequent news reports: "New £1m Scottish 'Multiverse' artland is out of this world". Crawick Multiverse. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- "Charles Jencks Crawick coal mine art project nears completion". BBC. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- Miller, Phil (30 April 2015). "Jencks unveils his new Multiverse of 2000 boulders in Dumfries and Galloway". heraldscotland. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 "About Crawick". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ Wade, Mike (30 April 2015). "Old coal mine has cosmic facelift". The Times (London). Northumberlandia, by comparison, covers 47 acres.
- 1 2 "Home". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "Two Galaxy Mounds – Andromeda and The Milky Way". Crawick Multiverse. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
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- Video about Crawick Multiverse by Charles Jencks
- The statue got me high. A critical reflection on the Crawick Multiverse by The Urban Prehistorian
- Video and commentary on the Crawick Multiverse
- Video and commentary on the associated bings at Gateside