Last week a student got stuck in a giant sculpture of a vagina. What happens when public art causes injury or incident, and how should potential dangers by assessed?
When 22 firefighters rescued a US exchange student after he got stuck inside a giant sculpture of a vagina in southern Germany, it was, presumably, taxpayers who picked up the bill. So how does the state assess the potential dangers from works of art?
While perhaps not as eye-catching as the US student's plight, there are plenty of other instances of harm caused by art. South West news service recently reported that a toddler in Somerset burned his hand on a large piece of public art that was heated by the sun. Vittorio Mochi, who is 23 months old, had had to be treated in hospital after touching the steel sculpture, that forms part of a public art trail around the marina development in Portishead... Keep reading on The Guardian
When 22 firefighters rescued a US exchange student after he got stuck inside a giant sculpture of a vagina in southern Germany, it was, presumably, taxpayers who picked up the bill. So how does the state assess the potential dangers from works of art?
While perhaps not as eye-catching as the US student's plight, there are plenty of other instances of harm caused by art. South West news service recently reported that a toddler in Somerset burned his hand on a large piece of public art that was heated by the sun. Vittorio Mochi, who is 23 months old, had had to be treated in hospital after touching the steel sculpture, that forms part of a public art trail around the marina development in Portishead... Keep reading on The Guardian