Monday 27 August 2007: Roundabout No.9

Yet another drive-by 'shooting' of a Jeddah roundabout - I got two good ones today and it was a tough call to decide which to blip. I knew that this was scrap metal from an old condenser, but I thought I'd share with you how it's described in my book.

The Condenser (i) Julio Lafuente - Scrap Metal

During the first half of the last century, much of Jeddah's water was provided by two British-built condensers - primitive precursors to today's sophisticated desalination plants. The roar of the 'Lancashire boilers' - audible throughout the city - prompted one local poet to write: 'Save us from the clamour of the kindasah' - a prayer which was finally answered when, in 1947, completion of a pipeline from the wells of Wadi Fatimah made the condensers redundant. The equipment stood rusting for decades until Lafuente used the scrap metal in three sculptures.

Jeddah - City of Art - Hani M Farsi

Comments

1. Who do you think you are performing drive by shootings? 003 and a half haha, cool blip, I've not seen this one yet. ASG

   ~ airborneskygod

2. Like this one. It has quite a bit of action.

   ~ Grandmama

3. This sculpture I think that it will not happen to the history of the art, but is attractive ;)

   ~ castrexoman

4. excellent!

   ~ dailypost

5. I actually kind of like it.
   One helluva welding job too.

   ~ dogwoodpuddle

6. I love your Roundabout series. This one is a fine addition. Glad the boilers could come to good use.

   ~ scintilla

7. Great find and blip

   ~ Lynn

8. I see it's got a Sky satellite dish second from the top!

   ~ Cradlehall

9. different! nice shot

   ~ audrey