Gordon Young is a visual artists who creates lots of work for the public domain. He's worked in collaboration with Why Not Associates for many of his projects.
A way of celebrating Ayr's most famous poet Robert Burns, a verse from Burn's Whisky drink was carved into a set of granite steps outside the Tam O' Shanter pub in Ayr.
O whiskey! soul o’plays
an' pranks! accept
a bardies gratff u’
thanks! when wanting
thee what tuneless cranks
are my poor verses!
This is an interesting concept for setting verse into a public area. By setting each line on a step the audience gradually reads the poem as they walk up and down. Each line is revealed one by one due to the nature of climbing steps. It could also represent building up to a climatic end to the poem as you physically climb upwards until you reach the end of the verse.
The wall of wishes was created to capture the spirit of the new school. These 'wishes' that were dreamt up by the staff and students were carved into slabs of marble and installed in the entrance. I think the use of a serif typeface and the look of the marble slabs adds a sense of history to the piece. It reminds me of roman type and images carved into stone and granite. I also think the rigid style of the slabs doesn't trivialize each persons message and rather adds a more serious, thought-provoking tone to the piece.
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