What Goes Up Must Come Down: Thinking about the gravity of public art | Ian Wolter | TEDxStormont (TEDx Talks)

Viscount Moncton once tried to push Ian’s sculpture off a balcony. In spite of that he explains why he thinks protesters throwing a statue into a dock might signify a golden age for public art.
UK based artist and sculptor who is concerned with the abuse of power in society and with how art is used to project status and authority. He uses many different media and techniques, and often uses this choice to carry meaning, making art from clay and steel but also Vaseline, springs and the human voice. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Art, he’s been awarded the Global Sustainability Art Prize, the Arte Laguna Prize (Venice) and RomArt Sculpture Prize (Rome).
He lives and works near Cambridge with the author Clare Mulley, their three daughters and a lurcher. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Thinking about the gravity of public art | Ian Wolter | TEDxStormont