3413 x 5120 px | 28,9 x 43,3 cm | 11,4 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
3 novembre 2015
Ubicazione:
Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
Altre informazioni:
Anyone coming into Liverpool driving down Scotland Road or coming out of the Birkenhead Tunnel will see a round bronze memorial sculpture on the corner of William Brown Street and the Old Haymarket in front of St John’s Gardens close to Liverpool’s World Museum. This large round bronze casting is a memorial monument to mark the Hillsborough tragedy. There are other Hillsborough memorials including one at Anfield, Liverpool FC’s ground; Hillsborough stadium itself; a memorial stone in the pavement on the south side of Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral and there is also a Hillsborough memorial clock frozen at 15.06 which was installed inside Liverpool Town Hall. The monument is circular with a raised design in low relief. The imagery shows an imaginary place, which is meant to guide our thoughts of remembrance and all that has happened since the tragedy. The people depicted in the design are ‘the guardians of the memory’, or ‘people like us’ Their purpose is symbolic and other figures represent justice, hope and loss. The setting is a beautiful and quiet place, which may help us to think about the characters and individual personalities of those who died. The people who passed away are represented by the birds who fly freely throughout the work. The design begins with two large tablets that list the names those who died. A dedication and information plaque is situated between the tablets of names with a poem, written especially for the mounment, by David Charters (journalist and author). Immediately above the central dedication is a wreath of spring flowers. This reminds us of the season and number of victims who died. A Liver Bird stands guard. Below the information plaque is a rail of football scarves from differing clubs signifying the way football fans responded nationally in the days after the disaster. Around the top rim of the monument is the proclamation: ‘HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.’.
