Consequences in The guardian

This month Dorset has welcomed a striking new arrival on the hillside – the Consequences Giant, a vibrant, temporary artwork created by local people to stand alongside the famous Cerne Giant.

Unlike its chalk-white ancestor, the Consequences Giant is alive with colour, patterns and natural textures, made from huge canvases (40m x 30m) painted using nettles, brambles, alder bark, chalk and charcoal. It’s also designed to biodegrade naturally, rooting the work firmly in the local landscape.

Project lead Becca Gill explained:
“It was about the experience of making it, not just the finished piece. People came together, connected with the land and with each other.”

The creation process was as playful as the finished artwork:
“Different groups worked on different body parts – head, torso, legs, feet – without seeing what the others were doing until it all came together.”

The Consequences Giant will appear at three sites in total. After Cerne Abbas, it travels to Summerhouse Hill in Somerset (12/13 Sept) and Corfe Castle in Dorset (20/21 Sept) later this month, bringing more communities into the fold.

Gill described the piece as a joyful counterpoint to the ancient chalk figure:
“The Cerne Giant is a revered, ancient figure in white chalk, while this new creation is a riot of colour, plants and patterns.”

Read more at The Guardian

Image by David Levene