Page 30 - Studio International - July August 1972

LIVERPOOL
Tim Scott

The sculpture is conceived of as a `walk'; ie
something which people could walk through, in
and out of, lean against, scrawl on, dogs pee
against etc, much as any other structure in a
city, rather than be something that is merely
looked at.
The work I had done to this date, by way of
the materials used, application of colour, etc. was
intended for an enclosed, 'indoor' space. In
sculpture specifically intended for placement in
the open, I felt that there were important
factors which, fully considered, would influence
and indeed form the resulting sculpture.
Amongst these, one can single out: materials;
the need for durability, and precluding the use
of applied colour : scale; ie the relative size of
the whole, and of the parts in relation to this
whole, being not simply expansion in dimension
to suit the environment: space; the fact that,
outside, one has to contend with the real space
created by Nature, sky, trees, ground formations
and so on: place; the necessity to meet the
strength of distraction of a natural environment
by creating a work which is available in terms of
time; ambulatory movement from one position
to another; exploration. q