Public Art.

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There is a lot of public art in Edinburgh: installations and sculpture that one sees just walking about the city, some though not all left over from the Festival. I took some photographs recently.

(Ok, some of it is the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and hence may not be classifiable as "public", but since one can just wander across it, it stays. Not least because people walking past it make such good photographs!)

Regent's Bridge, lit by Callum Innes.

Roger Hiorns, "Untitled". SNGMA.

Antony Gormley, "6 Times". The Water of Leith. (Before and after flooding.)

Comments

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I love the Regent Bridge.

One of my more magical experiences was one winter evening when I was walking home, late, from work in Leith. There were a couple of sax players, standing on opposite pavements, trading eights, and enjoying the acoustic. The were one tenor, and one alto, waiting for a late gig the the Venue. Nobody else around. I stood there until they stopped. I missed my train home, but it was so worth it.

(I also saw it all made up to play the role of the gate of Newgate Prison. in BBC's Great Expectations. But that wasn't nearly as ethereal.)