monkey steps
‘monkey steps’ was a playful temporary site-specific artwork devised for the crescent gardens art trail in september 2010. it adapted an existing wind of stone steps into a game that i thought kids might enjoy doing as part of the trail. it encouraged them to follow instructions and make choices that might deliver them to the top of the steps or frustratingly send them round in circles or straight back down again.
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on some steps were cryptic messages or instructions that you hoped you wouldn’t land on – in reality, the instructions were worked out so you these steps were omitted completely but it appeared as if there was every chance of being told to wait there indefinitely or climb an impossible number of steps (it was impossible to see how many steps lay ahead from the bottom).
the work had to be removed at the end of the day so was created with water-based paint – application was hindered somewhat by the previous night’s heavy rainfall and a lot of mud… but very dirty jeans aside, it was good to have created something fun and squarely aimed at kids for the trail and was good practice for future commissions, once of which includes a kids play area.
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