COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
minds
title
minds
Title
false
Creation Date:
1998
creation_date
1998
Creation Date
false
Image Date:
2001
image_date
2001
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
metal
material
metal
Material
false
Display Creator:
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin
display_creator
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
01-2121
image_id
01-2121
Image ID
false
Description:
Upper windows at a corner of the building. Location: New Student Residences behind the Old Fire Station (now Bar Coast), Division Street, S1. Description: Window grilles on each window of the building. Stencilled words have cut out of metal plate in a utilitarian fashion. The words form three poems, one can be read across the Rockingham Street Facade, one from Rockingham Lane, and one viewed around the internal courtyard. Commission: Commisioned for Phoenix Court by 'Off The Shelf'. Sponsored by Northern Counties Housing with help from HLM Architects. The building has been leased to Sheffield Hallam University as student housing. Comment: Zephaniah was seen as an eminently suitable choice for a building which was to be used as a student residence. He was also visiting Sheffield as part of a Festival promoting literature called 'Off the Shelf' which ran throughout October 1998. Copyright: We are very grateful to Benjamin Zephaniah for permission to print the texts of the three poems. MINDS RAISE YOUR HEADS AND DANCE THE DANCE OF MINDS THAT ARE ADVENTUROUS FOR IF YOU TAKE THIS UPWARD GLANCE YOUR NATURE MUST BE CURIOUS. AND IF YOU GO BEYOND THE LINES YOU'RE STRIVING TO BE LIMITLESS SUCH WONDROUS AND SUCH PLAYFUL MINDS ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL OF US. AS YOU GAZE UPON THIS STEEL KNOW THAT THIS STEEL IS FROM THIS GROUND, NOW LET YOUR PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE FEEL THE UNITY THAT YOU HAVE FOUND. MUSIC MAKERS MADE THIS PLACE WITH THOUGHT AND SWEAT AND MUCH FINANCE, NOW THAT YOUR MIND IS IN THIS SPACE RAISE YOUR HEADS AND DANCE THE DANCE. WHERE ARE YOUR KEYS?
description
Upper windows at a corner of the building. Location: New Student Residences behind the Old Fire Station (now Bar Coast), Division Street, S1. Description: Window grilles on each window of the building. Stencilled words have cut out of metal plate in a utilitarian fashion. The words form three poems, one can be read across the Rockingham Street Facade, one from Rockingham Lane, and one viewed around the internal courtyard. Commission: Commisioned for Phoenix Court by 'Off The Shelf'. Sponsored by Northern Counties Housing with help from HLM Architects. The building has been leased to Sheffield Hallam University as student housing. Comment: Zephaniah was seen as an eminently suitable choice for a building which was to be used as a student residence. He was also visiting Sheffield as part of a Festival promoting literature called 'Off the Shelf' which ran throughout October 1998. Copyright: We are very grateful to Benjamin Zephaniah for permission to print the texts of the three poems. MINDS RAISE YOUR HEADS AND DANCE THE DANCE OF MINDS THAT ARE ADVENTUROUS FOR IF YOU TAKE THIS UPWARD GLANCE YOUR NATURE MUST BE CURIOUS. AND IF YOU GO BEYOND THE LINES YOU'RE STRIVING TO BE LIMITLESS SUCH WONDROUS AND SUCH PLAYFUL MINDS ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL OF US. AS YOU GAZE UPON THIS STEEL KNOW THAT THIS STEEL IS FROM THIS GROUND, NOW LET YOUR PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE FEEL THE UNITY THAT YOU HAVE FOUND. MUSIC MAKERS MADE THIS PLACE WITH THOUGHT AND SWEAT AND MUCH FINANCE, NOW THAT YOUR MIND IS IN THIS SPACE RAISE YOUR HEADS AND DANCE THE DANCE. WHERE ARE YOUR KEYS?
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Image Storage Location:
image_storage_location
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/01-2121.jpg
Image Storage Location
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin
creator
ZEPHANIAH, Benjamin
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Poet.
creator_role
Poet.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British. Born in Jamaica.
nationality
British. Born in Jamaica.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Blacks -- Poetry
subject_heading
Blacks -- Poetry
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Urban renewal -- England -- Sheffield
subject_heading
Urban renewal -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Student housing
subject_heading
Student housing
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Public art
subject_heading
Public art
Subject Heading
false