"Outhouse" The Forgotten Massive Glass Box Hidden In Woodland, Liverpool
info taken from here
gerryco23.wordpress.com/2009/...
"For a while I have been curious about a glass structure that you can just glimpse through trees, driving past along Menlove Avenue heading out of Liverpool. Today I decided to stop and take a look. It’s a public artwork (‘sculpture’ doesn’t seem quite right to describe a glass enclosure that can be entered and used for community activities) created by Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier in 2005 and called Outhouse.
Outhouse is made of etched and transparent glass, and sited in a band of woodland in Woolton on a key route into Liverpool, in close proximity to four 1960s tower blocks. Inspired by the form of a new local terraced house but scaled to two thirds of its size, the inverts the appearance of a typical house, with the windows becoming opaque and the walls transparent. During the day Outhouse offers an accessible inviting space, a site for meetings, activities and installations.
The sculpture is highly reflective and partially camouflaged by the surrounding woodland, its appearance changing with the weather and time of day.
During the day Outhouse, suggestive of a large den, offers an accessible inviting space for use by the local community. Inside blocks of sandstone arranged at differing heights mark the position where internal doors would be located in the original house.
The artists intended the artwork as a ‘proposition’ making no prescription of how the sculpture should be used by the local community. Currently, Alan Dunn and Jitender Shambi are curating a series of projects for the space with local residents. These have included ‘A Night Of Illumination’ by architects Mueller Kneer who transformed the structure into a walk-in lantern and a Remembrance Sunday display of poppies. The artwork has also been the subject of a series of workshops with local young people led by Caspar Jones which resulted in the design of the glass safety strips on the sculpture.
‘Outhouse’ was selected through a competitive design process where five artists were invited by the HAT’s Public Art Steering Group to submit proposals. The group’s decision to support Outhouse was informed by comments from the public exhibition of all the artists’ designs at the Woolton Community Centre in 2001.
At night-time the sculpture is visible from afar, lit from underneath by neon, creating a glowing red landmark within the dark woodland. Outhouse is cared for and maintained by the Guinness Trust and its programme of events and activities overseen by local residents.
Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier’s proposal for a contentious site in North Belfast was featured in the recent Channel 4 series, Big Art."
seems this place had been forgotten about....i may be wrong but it looks like it hasn't been tended to for ages
for some reason the names i put up on screen didn't appear but is in all info provided......
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brilliant video as always George said it before this channel is brilliant so much good new unseen content keep up the good work dude how bloody random is this place though
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
thank you glad you like the channel thanks for watching and thanks for the support ha ha yeh a very random thing in a very random place
Hiya George! I went to school with you! St John Almond's. Been watching some of your vids, then realised 😁
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
hiya i think ive worked out who it is lol been a while st johns has long gone sad times great memories from there thanks for watching hope you like the vids 😀
@awakey5243
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 you're one of the few I actually remember 🙂 yeah....Good memories! Enjoying your vids....lots to catch up on! Anitax
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
good stuff same here i remember you and only a few others good times glad you like the vids anita more to come stay tuned lol x
@awakey5243
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 👍
I’ve drove past this for years but never stopped to look at it cheers mate love the vids
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
i was going to do a night visit but i havent seen it lit up for ages but ive gone past to many times now and havent stopped to take a look glad i did as its much bigger than i expected thanks for watching wayne glad you like the channel matey
@Wayne-R-
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 I havnt seen it lit up for a few years I think it was red if I remember rightly but since I’ve had covid my mind is messed up so it could of been green 😂😂
How very odd, but thank you for sharing.
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
isn't it just its in most random of places ever ha ha thanks for watching terina
Nice one! Drove past this quite a few times trying not to crash whilst trying to look at it as I go by 😂
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
ha ha same here especially at night when it was lit up decided been past far to often now so had to stop and check it out cheers thanks for watching matt
@matttonks1591
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 I'll be working up the road from it soon so may have to take a look myself. Keep up the videos mate 👍
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
@@matttonks1591 deffo worth a look mate thanks you again for watching glad you like the content mate...lots more to come
Hi George, l have passed this meny time but never gone to see it,l take a closer look when around this area 👍
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
deffo worth a closer look mate ill prob be back here mid summer when its all shrowded in foilage to get different footage thanks for watching martin
Looks in as good a state as LFC and Everton. Synchronicity :)
Hey mate! They have recently knocked this down I'm not joking walked past yesterday
@g2emedia1977
11 ай бұрын
no way seriously wowzer ill go check it out cheers
@thegixlad27
11 ай бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 yep mad mate walked past other day, I don't know if it's going to be rebuilt but have to see
@g2emedia1977
11 ай бұрын
@@thegixlad27 cheers ill take a look mad if it has like
@raechellynch6659
2 ай бұрын
I thought I hadn’t seen it when driving past and came here to see if anyone had commented. I feel a bit sad it’s gone!
@g2emedia1977
2 ай бұрын
@raechellynch6659 mad how it just went ...another waste of money Looked nice lit up at night to
I used to play golf at Alerton golf course I've never noticed that box. Could explain why I'm crap at golf maybe my eyes have gone. ⛳️👀
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
ha ha i also am hopeless at golf i go past this thing on a regular basis dont know why its took me so long to have a proper look at it thanks forn watching dude
Wonder how many small birds been took out by that thing
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
ha ha yeh i was thinking the same
There not loud speakers on the cameras they are infrared lights. they are pretty old tech by todays standards I would be surprised if they still work along with the cameras.
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
ahh yeh never thought of that they do look pretty old them cams dont they and i reckin also they aint working anymore
Remember this place when it was clean,pity it’s been neglected…….
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
same here remember it getting put in but never seen it close up until now
How can the locals enjoy it if it's locked?. It would be a great place to shelter from the rain, if it was actually open.
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
yeh i went there on the assumption it was open maybe it was at one point be a great shelter though yeh ha ha
looks like the cube
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
i was going to add that into the video but completely forgot ha ha it does doesnt it quite a good show that aswell
@Urbanex2u
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 catch up soon for an explore
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
will do matey cheers
Loved that - if Eric was with you, you'd have him scrambling in from underneath it 🤣 Have you got a polariser for your lens ? I brought CPL years ago, haven't used it properly yet 🪟
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
thanks Helen glad you liked it ha ha yeh he would deffo get sent in first my main camera which i strangely never use is the sony zv-1 which has 3 in built ND filters brilliant bit of kit but i always end up using my phone mainly for the wide angle and better stabilisation.
@yamyam_1978
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 I've got 6 lenses right now since 2016, plus a ton of filters. Want 4 more & a spare body over the next few years
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
@@yamyam_1978 thats far to much kit for me to carry ha ha
@yamyam_1978
Жыл бұрын
@@g2emedia1977 I only take one at a time now, most of it lives in the cupboard ...
@g2emedia1977
Жыл бұрын
@@yamyam_1978 thats what i should do but i need different angles sometimes like a drone main cam action cam and phone cam is a lot to carry sometimes lol