samson and golaith 2005

The Belfast Way - Young Art from Northern Ireland". Herzeliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Sergio Edelzstein

Samson and Golaith is one of aseries of models, all based on existing structures in Belfast serve to donate collectively how infrastructure and the built environment serve to delineate and even dictate a cities political dynamic on a local scale.

Card model X 23.5'' X 19.5'' X16'' OR 60 cm. X 49 cm X 40 cm

The former Harland and Wolfe shipyard of Titanic fame was once one of the chief employers in industrial Belfast. The site is easily identifiable anywhere in the city because of its two huge yellow cranes that still dominate the skyline. The cranes are biblically nicknamed Samson and Goliath respectively. They have become synonymous with East Belfast, standing like post industrial monuments to an era of heavy industry and sectarian employment practices.