The Bean in Chicago, now I might have a bias here but I would rather have this in Brighton than those blooming 'eye' wheels that have sprung up everywhere. The Brighton one is even more useless than others I have seen; why would anyone sit for all that time just looking out at the changing view of the sea? Defeats me, I can do that from my attic window. It also strikes me that city councils have little idea when it comes to public artefacts - London has one so must we all. Of course its not really new, Vienna has had one almost for ever. The London Eye had its place then it becomes a slow process of un-imagination, oh dear Brighton, surely a Bean would have been better, being able to see the world from different angles and the normal sense of parallax is turned through the reflection which I just like the idea of. Of course seeing the world differently is something I have tried to do all my life - perhaps I should suggest such a sculpture should be erected on Cathedral Green in Winchester - which is a great place but a little dull. Imagine Winchester Cathedral being reflected and refracted through a Bean - showing a new England. Last night I fell asleep listening to this and I am hoping to buy tickets for KP's Hailsham show.
