Wirksworth Festival 2008: Art and Architecture trail (Part 2)

I really like it when I get a physical reaction to a piece of art. Although maybe like isn’t the right word. I remember seeing Damien Hurst’s statue of Saint Bartholomew a couple of years ago; in his “exquisite pain” he was holding his own recently removed skin aloft. At the risk of sounding pretentious, […]

Wirksworth Festival 2008: Art and Architecture Trail (Part 1)

Saturday morning saw us heading off into Derbyshire to take part in the Art and Architecture Trail at Wirksworth Festival. To say it was raining seems inadequate really. We had second thoughts, then third as we drove through torrential rain, but eventually resigned ourselves to getting soaked between venues. However, the Festival Organisers had obviously […]