Arria - installation timelapse

Timelapse video, shot over 13 hours, documenting the installation of "Arria", a monumental sculpture for Cumbernauld, on 24th August 2010.

The £250,000 statue, which stands taller than two double decker buses is the work of international public artist Andy Scott -- the international artist behind the Heavy Horse on the M8 and the Falkirk Helix Water Kelpies.

Overlooking the A80 northbound, north of Auchenkilns Junction in Cumbernauld, the sculpture is of a female form. Taking almost a year to construct, it incorporates two large swooping arcs, inspired by the original name for Cumbernauld, "comar nan allt", which means "coming together of waters" in Gaelic.

Its proximity to the motorway means more than 70,000 commuters will see the sculpture every day.

Arria is the name of the iconic sculpture. The name was selected following a competition asking locals to suggest a title for its new resident.

Arria is based on Arria Fadilla who was the mother of Emperor Antoninus. Cumbernauld lies two miles from the line of an ancient Roman monument, the Antonine Wall and the town's new £40m shopping centre is called the Antonine Centre.

The name also alludes to the word aria, which means song. The sculpture looks as if she is raising her arms in song.

Part of the Cumbernauld Positive Image Project, the sculpture is the brainchild of Campsies Centre Cumbernauld Ltd (CCCL) -- a North Lanarkshire Council company set up to facilitate the redevelopment of the town.

CONTACT

For further information about the project or resends of the images taken on the day, call Hailey Ross on 07770 86906 or David Sawyer on 07770 886923.

The video was shot and edited, and the music written and performed by Gerry Clark (aka yob kulcha), currently Multimedia Manager of Cameron Presentations.

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[jdav46]

Good looking piece.

[MrPlum5677]

the butt

[Ladymort]

Wow!, it´s amazing! ^^

[MissAmy]

just wait, someone will put a fag in her hand and she'll suffer the same fate as all the other town centre statues

[steviexl]

Sry AdorennaX i dont have a problem with Arria but it wont bring culture to cumbernauld

or jobs it wont change wot Old cumbernauld is,a dump,it needs pulled down and rebuilt

the money could have been better spent along with the 936.000.00 thousand pounds spent on the main roundabouts to upgrade things which are more importent....

[AdorennaX]

Beautiful - a perfect addition to bring some culture to Cumbernauld. (unfortunate that it doesn't seem to be appreciated)

[glsgowlovethebulge79]

CUMBERNAULD ----- well done carbuncle award 3yr in a row  waste of fuckin money glad my tax money being spent on something useful wankers

[cosmicsafari1]

Thats the ugliest piece of shite, wow think of all the manhole covers they could have renewed with that quarter of a million!

Scandalous!!!

Fuck yer whale wae hands!

[ldovids]

That's hideous, and a disgusting waste of money. Here hoping it gets the traffic cone on head treatment soon!

[steviexl]

This will do nothing for Cumbernauld it will always be a dump,the money will have been spent better elsewhere,