The light was changing as dusk was drawing in and the giant “?” on the opposite side of the Mersey began to faintly glow. And it seemed quite a fitting character –
“?” by the German artist Hans Peter Kuhn, on the doors of the Cammell Laird construction Hall, Birkenhead (International Biennial 2006) was designed to highlight the speed of regeneration in Liverpool.
Speed aside, as I stand overlooking this ‘green’ area I question the aesthetics and why we seem to prefer manicured turf to wild grassland in our urban spaces…