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Erected in 2020, on a building site that has seen no work for a decade, this notice is about the Covid-19 precautions required on site. It can be seen at the bottom of Image

Erected in 2020, on a building site that has seen no work for a decade, this notice is about the Covid-19 precautions required on site. It can be seen at the bottom of Image

Erected in 2020, on a building site that has seen no work for a decade, this notice is about the Covid-19 precautions required on site. It can be seen at the bottom of Image

Erected in 2020, on a building site that has seen no work for a decade, these notices are about the Covid-19 precautions required on site. See Image for context.

Tib Street Horn by David Kemp

Looking along Tib Street towards Image], a bizarre combination part saxophone, part dragon. The Horn was created in 1999 by Cornish Artist David Kemp as an urban landmark sculpture designed to announce the gateway to Manchester's Northern Quarter. David Kemp is well-known for his assemblage sculptures, a technique pioneered by Picasso who had the revolutionary idea that sculpture can be made from existing objects brought together as a 3-D collage. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/art-walks/manchester/step1.shtml BBC Art Walks

Site of the new CituNQ Development. A £28.2m development of 183 apartments in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Developers are Tibst Ltd, a joint venture between Factory Estates Ltd and Salboy Ltd (Fred Drone). The main contractor is Forrest, the Designer is IDP and project management is by Artal.

This bizarre combination part saxophone, part dragon which, at first glance, could be mistaken for some sort of Heath Robinson device or something from a Terry Gilliam movie, is “Tib Street Horn”. It is an urban landmark sculpture designed to announce the gateway to Manchester's Northern Quarter. The horn was created in 1999 by David Kemp, a Cornish artist who is well-known for his assemblage sculptures, a technique first developed by Picasso. Tib Street Horn is situated at the intersection of Tib Street and Church Street, on the top of the ruins of a Victorian hat factory opposite Image http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/art-walks/manchester/step1.shtml BBC Art Walks

The Northern Quarter Association wanted a prominent piece of public art to stand as a gateway to the area and represent its creativity. David Kemp, the Cornwall based sculptor, was commissioned to meet that mandate. The sculpture was financed by funds from the Arts Council through the National Lottery, the City Council, National Car Parks Ltd (who own the site) and the Northern Quarter Association. It was completed in 1999. The "Big Horn" wraps itself around the remnant of a former hat factory. Mr. Kemp said:'It's not really a saxophone, nor a dragon, coiled on the gothic stump of a Victorian hat factory. Perhaps it's a listening device, filtering the left-over sounds from the street corner below, where the past bumps into the future, shooting the lights.'

This bizarre combination part saxophone, part dragon which, at first glance, could be mistaken for some sort of Heath Robinson device or something from a Terry Gilliam movie, is “Tib Street Horn”. It is an urban landmark sculpture designed to announce the gateway to Manchester's Northern Quarter. The horn was created in 1999 by David Kemp, a Cornish artist who is well-known for his assemblage sculptures, a technique first developed by Picasso. Tib Street Horn is situated at the intersection of Tib Street and Church Street, on the top of the ruins of a Victorian hat factory opposite Image http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/modernmasters/art-walks/manchester/step1.shtml BBC Art Walks