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Card model, 36'' X18'' X 8'' high or 92 cm X 46 cm X 20 cm

The West link, a stretch of dual carriageway linking the M1 and M2 motorways runs through the centre of Belfast. As well as providing a junction between two main motorways it also serves to physically and conceptually sever Republican West Belfast from the City centre.

 

 



 

westlink 2005

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


The Westlink is one of a series 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.