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	Topics Another Place Topic Home *Another Place* is a piece of modern sculptureSculpture A sculpture is a three-dimensional, human-made object selected for special recognition as art.... by Antony GormleyAntony Gormley Antony Mark David Gormley OBE is an English sculptor, best known as the creator of Angel of the North, a public sculptur... . Now permanently erected on Crosby BeachCrosby Beach Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline at Crosby north of Liverpool in the Borough of Sefton.... , LiverpoolLiverpool Overview Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.... , EnglandEngland England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom.... , it was due to be moved to New YorkNew York New York is a state in the northeastern United States.... , United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby. It was recently stated in the local paper, the Crosby Herald, that they may stay for a decade, but at a meeting on March 7th 2007, Sefton CouncilSefton Metropolitan Borough Council Sefton Council is the governing body for the metropolitan borough of Sefton in Merseyside, north-western England.... accepted proposals that would allow the sculptures to be kept permanently at Crosby BeachCrosby Beach Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline at Crosby north of Liverpool in the Borough of Sefton.... . Details The sculpture consists of 100 cast ironFacts About Cast iron Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon.... figures which face out to sea, spread over a 2 mileMile Overview A mile is the name of a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Englis... (3.2 km) stretch of the beach. Each figure is 189 cmCentimetre A centimetre is a unit of length that is equal to one hundreth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length.... tall (nearly 6 feetFoot (unit of length) Summary A foot is the name of a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and Unite... 2½ inchInch An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and Unit... es) and weighs around 650 kgKilogram The kilogram or kilogramme, is the SI base unit of mass.... (over 1400 lbPound (mass) The pound is the name of a unit of mass in a number of different systems, including various systems of units of mass that f... ). In common with most of Gormley's work, the figures are cast replicas of the artist's own body. As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea. The figures were cast by Joseph and Jesse Siddons Foundry in West BromwichWest Bromwich West Bromwich is a town in the English county of the West Midlands, five miles north west of Birmingham lying on the A41 Lon... . Another Place was first exhibited on the beach of CuxhavenCuxhaven Cuxhaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 55,000 inhabitants.... , GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in central Europe.... in 1997 and after that in StavangerStavanger Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway, located on a peninsula on the southwest coast of Nor... in Norway and De PanneDe Panne De Panne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.... in Belgium. Public reception in Crosby Another Place is a subject of local controversy in Crosby. Some consider the statues to be "pornographic" due to the inclusion of a simplified penis on the statues, whilst others see them as beautiful pieces of art which have brought increased tourism revenue to the local area. The debate continues as to whether the town should be able to keep them until 2008, LiverpoolLiverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.... 's year as Capital of CultureLiverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 The title European Capital of Culture 2008 will be awarded to the city of Liverpool, UK in 2008.... . Those who use the front for watersports voice the strongest resistance to the iron men staying, as the statues do pose a safety problem - especially as the local marina is being closed to public use. While these sportsmen have a serious claim to getting rid of the statues, keeping them until 2008 will no doubt be beneficial for the economy of Crosby and Waterloo, and if they stay it seems more likely a multi-million pound watersports centre will be built. Art lovers and local businesses are lobbying for the statues to stay. Gormley himself agrees with the proposal to keep the statues in Crosby, saying that the current location is "ideal". The works, which had earlier been displayed in Germany, Norway and Belgium, became a major tourist attraction on Crosby Beach near Liverpool. As of March 2007 permission was granted to have Another Place permanently installed at Crosby. Initially, coastguard authorities expressed safety fears, saying people could become stuck in soft sand and be cut off by the tide when viewing the statues up close. Conservationists had also complained that bird-feeding areas had been compromised by the extra tourist traffic. In October 2006, the local council refused permission for the statues to stay, prompting Gormley to criticise what he called Britain's "risk-averse culture." He said "When I have been down on the beach myself, the majority of people have been intrigued, amused, sometimes very moved," he said. Another Body Place Ltd, a body set up to campaign for the permanent installation, helped to convince the council to change its mind. Graham Haywood, Chief Executive of Sefton Council, said in a statement "Despite some controversy, this internationally renowned artwork has aroused national and international public and media support." Saying that "The Iron Men have placed Crosby and Sefton firmly in the spotlight and the knock-on benefits of this should be felt for years to come." The planning committee decided to move 16 of the statues back away from an area used by small sailing craft. Three others are being re-sited away from bird feeding areas. The work on the 16 started on July 16 2007 and the plan is to put them in storage and return them in 2008. The full cost is expected to be £194,000 which will be paid for by Another Place Ltd, with funding coming from sources including The Northern WayThe Northern Way The Northern Way is a 20 year strategy to transform the economy of the North of England.... and Northwest Development Agency. On the 14th Feb 2008, five of the statues were used in a costume design project by Edge Hill University students. This involved dressing the statues in various items of clothing replicating different costumes and periods, which were then removed as the tide came in. Other works Gormley has produced other works using similar life-size iron statues. Time Horizon A second set of the same 100 figures were cast in 2006 for a new installation called Time HorizonTime horizon A time horizon, also known as a planning horizon, is a fixed point of time in the future at which point certain proces... installed amongst a grove of olive treeOlive Tree For information about the plant for which the political party is named, see Olive.... s at the Archaeological Park of Scolacium near CatanzaroCatanzaro Catanzaro is a city in Calabria, Italy, the capital of the province of Catanzaro and also of the region Calabria since 1970.... in CalabriaCalabria Calabria , is a region in southern Italy which occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of Naples.... , Southern Italy. Since the figures are set into the ground, facing a variety of directions, the effect of the piece is very different from that of Another Place. Event Horizon Event Horizon consists of 31 statues placed on buildings around London. Image gallery External links One of the first photographs on shows Another Place in Cuxhaven, and it is also included as item 350 in his List of Works. Also visit www.antonygormley.co.uk to find out more about Antony Gormley's work. on Another Place and Gormley of Another Place by Antony Gormley report on plans to retain Another Place at Crosby thony Gormley: the abortive rebirth of the slaves'")