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Avant Garde uses 'bovine intervention' to get involved in an innovative public art project.
Jun 25 2010 01:52
Avant Garde have made a and bold and creative move to sponsor a lifesize fibre glass cow in an exciting public art event in Cornwall this summer. The herd of 20 strong, fabulously decorated cows are popping up all over Cornwall, bringing a bit of light relief to locals and hardy visitors on their rain-soaked ?stay-cations.Our very own cow, aptly named 'Metalsmoo', occupies a windswept cliff top position in the shadow of probably the most photographed of the county?s derelict tin mines. The deserted stack and buildings at Wheal Coates near St Agnes form part of the World Heritage site associated with Cornwall?s mining landscape.  We wanted to give Metalsmoo some context within the Cornish landscape and so by working with fine artist and animatronics design engineer Simon Williams we created our magnificent over-sized tin toy, complete with bright paintwork and metal wind-up key. Symbols on the cow represent the metals mined or found in the area: tin, copper, gold, and silver. Simon has painstakingly painted over three hundred metal rivets. The Sun represents gold, Jupiter for tin, Venus for copper and the Moon for silver."My enthusiasm for the project was ignited the minute I heard about it - I love it's quirkiness and sense of fun, as well as the fact that it's art in an accessible and unpretentious form. Creativity can sometimes be thin on the ground in business, and the opportunity to get involved with public art doesn't come along often, so it was impossible for me to resist." - Diddy ReeveThe cows will be auctioned off on September 13th for Loved to Bits, the fundraising campaign for the Hall for Cornwall ? Cornwall?s only large scale professional theatre and a charity promoting the arts and education. Phone bidding will be available for those who can?t be there.

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