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An update on Big Blue! Otherwise known as ‘Zugzwang’

1/22/2019

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I am incredibly lucky to work with some exceptional volunteers, who just seem to always *know* where to sniff out the clues. A few weeks ago, Jan the amazing, after digging though Floriade ephemera found the following details:

  • The artist was Philip Spelman
  • It was a student entry for Floriade in 1990
  • Zugzwang is a German word that refers to when someone is forced into a move that they do not want to make
  • The artist wanted to “conjure up associations with the carts used to send people to the guillotine during the French Revolution

I can’t help but wonder if the artist had been compelled into creating the artwork, which he fervently didn’t want to. It is a brilliant name.

With that info, I dutifully added it into all my training manuals. Then I wondered... how is anyone else ever going to find this?

Thus, I am now editing the Wikipedia page for Commonwealth Park. I’ve started on the sculptures table to start with, but I feel that this might take quite some time. Wish me luck!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Park


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