Multi story… and not just car parks

I’ve used most of today for research. All sorts of things. I love to hunt down and gather information. Well, it’s my human hunter and gatherer DNA, I guess. I’m not too fussed about stuff. Or tracking down the nearest bison. I do, however, love a bit of useless information.

Here goes. My super fact of the day. Something, I really didn’t know and am now all the happier for knowing. Will it change my life? No. Will it change your life? Most certainly not. Are you still curious?

I bet…

Let’s start the story.

I took plenty of photographs of public sculpture in Dundee on Thursday. One of the pieces that I particularly liked, was this Dalziel + Scullion environmental artwork from 2008 with the title ‘Catalyst’.

Picture credit: Britta Benson

Here’s what they write about it on their website (https://dalzielscullion.com/works-entry/catalyst/):

‘Catalyst is a permanent work sited in the cultural quarter of Dundee in Scotland. Catalyst takes the form of a draped life-sized car that has been cast in special catalytic cement. This is a new type of concrete material that performs a strange alchemy. Hidden within its make up 
is a catalytic material (nano-crystalline grade of titanium dioxide), that reacts with light to trigger
 the molecules of air borne pollutants, such as nitric oxides, carbon monoxide and sulphur monoxide 
to break apart. Daylight initiates this reaction on the active surface of the concrete, converting harmful nitrogen
 oxides into harmless nitrates, these are held on the concrete surface 
until the next rainfall, when it drains off into the soil and can be absorbed by plants. This was the first time 
this material had been used in the UK.’

Wow! I mean, WOW!

I love the fact that this ‘draped life-sized car’ sculpture is right in front of a multi story car park!

Multi story… that’s a word I never fully appreciated in all its connotations, until I saw and read about ‘Catalyst’. Well, there’s definitely more than one story in this sculpture.

Happy Sunday to you all, and I’ll see you here tomorrow, if you wish!