Client: EnglishPoint Marina
Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Completion date: 2014
Artwork budget: $42,000
Project Team
Public Art Agent
Diani Beach Art Gallery
Diani Beach Art gallery
Client
EnglishPoint marina
Overview
English point marina is at the Kenyan Coast City of Mombasa. ” Interlude” is a centre piece stone sculpture made of black Kenyan granite measuring 4mx 2.5 mx 2.5 m. The Sculpture depicts a semi abstract human form dressed in traditional regalia. The theme for the sculpture is African Culture the past present and future.
Goals
To express African culture through stone art. The intergration echoes the famous historical Fort Jesus site which directly opposite the English point Marina
Process
Collaboration involved the Architects, structural engineers, electrical engineers Crane operators and heavy machine operators. The property developer was indeed handy in ensuring the success of the project. Art critics too played a vital role.
Additional Information
One of the major contemporary stone art in the east African coast.