Celebrating Science and Art May 14, 2009

School Children & Professional Artists join up to create new Large-Scale Sci-Art Works for Porthcurno Sculpture Garden, Cornwall, Launching May 28The launch of the Porthcurno Sculpture Garden on May 28, 2009 officially unveils a series of new large-scale art works – co-created by renowned artists and Cornish schoolchildren – that freshly articulate the invisible science behind telegraphic technology and celebrate Porthcurno’s surprisingly key role in world history.

Porthcurno made scientifically and historically important waves during the global communications revolution from 1870 onwards. It’s incredible to think of now, but Porthcurno really was the Silicon Valley of its age.

Libby Buckley, Museum Director

The six new sculptural works are the culmination of a three-year creative process and a series of responses to the unique exhibits and archives at the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, home to the new Gardens and sited just a few miles from Lands End in the far West of Cornwall, in a programme sponsored by NESTA, Creative Partnerships, RiO, MLA South West, Arts Council England, Plymouth College of Art and the Heritage Lottery Fund. (more…)