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"Outhouse" The Forgotten Massive Glass Box Hidden In Woodland, Liverpool

info taken from here https://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2009/... "For a while I have been curious about a glass structure that you can just glimpse through trees, driving past along Menlove Avenue heading out of Liverpool. Today I decided to stop and take a look. It’s a public artwork (‘sculpture’ doesn’t seem quite right to describe a glass enclosure that can be entered and used for community activities) created by Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier in 2005 and called Outhouse. Outhouse is made of etched and transparent glass, and sited in a band of woodland in Woolton on a key route into Liverpool, in close proximity to four 1960s tower blocks. Inspired by the form of a new local terraced house but scaled to two thirds of its size, the inverts the appearance of a typical house, with the windows becoming opaque and the walls transparent. During the day Outhouse offers an accessible inviting space, a site for meetings, activities and installations. The sculpture is highly reflective and partially camouflaged by the surrounding woodland, its appearance changing with the weather and time of day. During the day Outhouse, suggestive of a large den, offers an accessible inviting space for use by the local community. Inside blocks of sandstone arranged at differing heights mark the position where internal doors would be located in the original house. The artists intended the artwork as a ‘proposition’ making no prescription of how the sculpture should be used by the local community. Currently, Alan Dunn and Jitender Shambi are curating a series of projects for the space with local residents. These have included ‘A Night Of Illumination’ by architects Mueller Kneer who transformed the structure into a walk-in lantern and a Remembrance Sunday display of poppies. The artwork has also been the subject of a series of workshops with local young people led by Caspar Jones which resulted in the design of the glass safety strips on the sculpture. ‘Outhouse’ was selected through a competitive design process where five artists were invited by the HAT’s Public Art Steering Group to submit proposals. The group’s decision to support Outhouse was informed by comments from the public exhibition of all the artists’ designs at the Woolton Community Centre in 2001. At night-time the sculpture is visible from afar, lit from underneath by neon, creating a glowing red landmark within the dark woodland. Outhouse is cared for and maintained by the Guinness Trust and its programme of events and activities overseen by local residents. Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier’s proposal for a contentious site in North Belfast was featured in the recent Channel 4 series, Big Art." seems this place had been forgotten about....i may be wrong but it looks like it hasn't been tended to for ages for some reason the names i put up on screen didn't appear but is in all info provided...... if you like this video or others you can show your appreciation by buying me a coffee using the link below https://www.buymeacoffee.com/G2EmediaG all money goes back in to the channel and of course on hot drinks...cheers #liverpool #liverpoolcity #abandonedplaces