Children’s opening
In the afternoon of the 16th , we held a celebration for the children in the school. They had been so patient since the sculptures were finished the day before, because we told them they could not play on them until today.
It was so brilliant to see them using the space. Within a few minutes, they had developed a game whereby after 5 seconds they had to move on to the next one, and there was much hilarity and obvious enjoyment. I was very happy to to see that the sculptures are very interactive and promote active use of the space.
We also asked them to come up with some names for each sculpture and chose the best ones.
The press came to this event; the Shetland Times, which has been following the progress of the project form the beginning, I’I magazine and Shetland radio, who interviewed the pupils and staff as well as me.
