Free Tank, Bristol
Free Tank, Bristol
Site photograph
Both the pre-cast and insitu concrete share black basalt aggregate that, through acid etching and needle gunning respectively, is revealed in order to draw something of the black granite sculptures into the body of the room. The needle gunning brings the human hand to bear directly on the surface texture of the concrete walls in the way the masons polishing and waxing does to the computer controlled milling of the giant stones. The abrasive breaking off of the concrete surface also introduces an accelerated sense of wear, like stone washing jeans. In this way the concrete begins to bind together the ancient stone wall and quayside stones through both its texture and the sense of historic time that this suggests.
