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Created from design based on the navigational charts used by the explorer Columbus, an apposite choice given the proximity of Greenwich and its associations with maritime history.

Title

Columbus Screen

Date

2000

Medium

steel & perspex

Accession number

E14_AM_S011

Acquisition method

commissioned by Canary Wharf Group

Work type

Panel

Owner

Canary Wharf Group

Custodian

Canary Wharf Group

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on metal convex plate at base of panel: COLUMBUS SCREEN / by Wendy Ramshaw, 2000 / The Columbus Screen takes its inspiration from the Christopher Columbus Chart – the Mappamundi and a / cosmographical diagram. This map shows the (then) known world, set inside the ‘rings of the universe’. / The map is represented on the left of the Columbus Screen, with a polished stainless steel disc at the / centre of the concentric circles upon which are imaginary symbols of travel. Navigational lines lead across / the width of the screen while its undulating top edge gives the impression of mountainous breaking waves. / The top edge of the screen is also punctuated by a large glass ‘eye’ set into the screen at eye-level. Inside / the double glass lens are suspended shapes that can be seen as the viewer approaches. These symbolise / the future of travel – voyages into space.

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