University Place, Move Fast and Brake Things
Introduction
The photograph on this page of University Place, Move Fast and Brake Things by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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University Place, Move Fast and Brake Things
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 22 Oct 2021
"Move Fast and Brake Things" was a signature commission for Corridor of Light. The curved surface of University Place was used as a vast canvas for a new video inspired by the first computer to store and run a programme, which was built nearby at the University of Manchester. The video was the creation of Antonio Roberts, an artist and curator whose work has featured at galleries including Tate Britain, the Barbican and the V&A. It was a dynamic, fast-paced projection exploring the comparatively innocent origins of computing and the thrill of innovation – but also how the messy and chaotic future we’re now living in may have been unforeseen.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.466631
Longitude
-2.233894