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| UPDATED
EVERY FRIDAY
Last Update:
Friday 20th
May, 2005 |
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| Art error to be corrected |
THE misspelled name of
William Shakespeare will be corrected in a billboard-sized
Braille artwork at Swiss Cottage after the New Journal spotted
the gaffe.
Camden Council originally claimed the pattern of large
coloured sequins running across the £10,000 artwork
in Avenue Road was not Braille, but rather “a random
collection of dots informed by Braille”.
But, with Braille decoder in hand, the New Journal was able
to decipher the “All the world’s a stage”
speech from As You Like It.
Unfortunately for the artwork’s architects Gustafson
Porter, who ran into trouble over their Princess Diana Memorial
Fountain in Hyde Park, the quote is attributed to “Williim”
Shakespeare.
But in correspondence obtained from the council under the
Freedom of Information Act, Mary Bowman, associate director
at Gustafson Porter, pledges to “personally correct
the spelling of ‘William’. She adds: “Well
done to the CNJ for spotting the error! We are constantly
amused by the press and have developed thick skins and a sense
of humour.”
She explains that the quote had a personal significance for
her as she chose it as the epitaph for her father, who worked
in the theatre for many years as a consultant for lighting
and stage effects. “I had no intention of sharing the
personal meaning of the graphic with the public,” she
said.
Ms Bowman said it was an “inconsequential” mistake.
“What you should be asking people is whether it’s
improved their environment or not,” she added.
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