Koo Jeong A
Evertro, 2015
Concrete, phosphorescent paint
811m squared
Copyright The Artist
Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson, Koo Jeong A designed, in association with Wheelscape Skateparks, 'Everto' (2015) the UK's first glow-in-the-dark wheels park. This permanent sculpture is a...
Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson, Koo Jeong A designed, in association with Wheelscape Skateparks, 'Everto' (2015) the UK's first glow-in-the-dark wheels park.
This permanent sculpture is a new public space for the city and a fully functional wheels park, open to skaters and BMX bikers to use and enjoy. Koo Jeong A and the designers from Wheelscape Skateparks worked with young people in Everton, North Liverpool and Liverpool city skaters to devise the new wheels park. Familiar skating forms and features have been combined with new sculptural elements to create a unique space for experimentation. The design responds to its immediate surroundings, as well as drawing on Koo Jeong A’s references to diamond shapes and forms conceived through the artist’s interpretation of the area.
This permanent sculpture is a new public space for the city and a fully functional wheels park, open to skaters and BMX bikers to use and enjoy. Koo Jeong A and the designers from Wheelscape Skateparks worked with young people in Everton, North Liverpool and Liverpool city skaters to devise the new wheels park. Familiar skating forms and features have been combined with new sculptural elements to create a unique space for experimentation. The design responds to its immediate surroundings, as well as drawing on Koo Jeong A’s references to diamond shapes and forms conceived through the artist’s interpretation of the area.