The Turner Contemporary has an outdoor piece in the sea. It’s Antony Gormley’s Another Time. You cannot see it in this photo:
An advert aimed at the sighted which reads: "Silent and still: a rusting, cast-iron, life-sized body stands staring out to sea. As the tide comes in it is submerged under waves, as the water retreats it reappears. A cultural clock, corroding yet constant, patiently waiting for the next tide, on and on, over and over for eternity, while our lives and loves ebb and flow around.”
It’s a brilliant campaign advert which Jane spotted. It’s the RNIB’s alt text campaign:
Words paint pictures for those who can’t see. Try adding ALT TEXT to any photo you share online today.
You probably can’t read the text on the photo above, and you can’t see the art at the time the photo was taken. Which emphasises the point.
Here’s a grainy Autumn evening photo of the art at low tide:
In the foreground, a person (Jane) stands with their back to the camera, observing the water. A small tan and white terrier dog (Skitters) is visible in the bottom right corner. Further out, a silhouette of a person stands in shallow water, also looking out to sea. This is the cast-iron life-sized figure by artist Antony Gormley. The sky is overcast, with a faint glow of sunset on the horizon. A distant navigation marker is visible in the wate. (Text mainly generated by claude.ai using the prompt “Please create ALT TEXT for this image”.)
