Theo Turpin

“Where Marble Stood and Fell Into an Eternal Landscape,I Stand Ephemeral”

Gregory Corso

Theo Turplin intends to exhibit an unrealised proposal of a monumental sculpture to be situated in the centre of the Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester. The aim of the sculpture is to re-define both the architectural experience of navigating the space, and therefore affect the recreational experience of visiting the shopping centre. The sculpture itself will deal with ideas of time and adaptation, the ability of a place to change to purpose. It is this ability to renew, that I want to not only display, but add to and be a part of with this sculpture, a monument to the changing history and unknown future.

The installation of the sculpture would signal a new stage in the life of this former corn exchange. The addition of a large-scale public sculpture would offer a new possible direction for the center, developing a new and individual identity with which it could progress into a more autonomous existence as opposed to the homogenized retail environment that so epitomized the time of its inception.

The sculpture will play with the different viewing points of the space, emphasizing the elements of verticality with the abundant natural light that is present in the space due to its large domed glass ceiling. The sculpture proposed will deal with ideas of ascension and dissension, highlighting a point of balance between the two.