{"id":26372,"date":"2020-05-22T17:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26372"},"modified":"2020-05-22T17:02:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:02:14","slug":"sculpture-of-turing-would-ruin-colleges-character-says-heritage-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26372","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture of Turing would ruin college\u2019s character says heritage organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26373\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ArtNewspaper_220520.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" \/>Historic England, the organisation responsible for protecting the country\u2019s heritage, has said that a proposed 12-foot steel sculpture dedicated to the memory of gay World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing would ruin the \u2018existing character\u2019 of King\u2019s College, Cambridge.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Midland\u2019s zone &#8211; &#8216;Home of Midland Gay News writes:<\/p>\n<p>Turing, who studied at the college, was responsible during wartime for cracking the Nazi\u2019s Enigma code. In the early 1950s he was convicted of gross indecency and chemically castrated as a result. Soon afterwards he committed suicide. The proposed sculpture, which has yet to be approved by Cambridge City Council, will be produced by Angel Of The North artist Sir Anthony Gormley.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the project, Historic England spokesperson Claire Campbell is reported by The Telegraph as saying: \u2018We recognise that the proposal would deliver some enhancement to the significance of the King\u2019s College through the introduction of a sculpture by a renowned contemporary sculptor and the visible commemoration of Turing.\u2019 She then added that \u2018introduction of an eye-catching sculpture in a prominent position\u2019 would be \u2018at odds with the existing character of the college\u2019 and would \u2018result in harm, of a less-than-substantial nature, to the significance of the listed buildings and landscape, and by extension the conservation area.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his proposed sculpture, Sir Anthony said: \u2018In honouring Alan Turing and reflecting on his remarkable contribution to the way we live now, I do not want to make a statue but the very best sculpture that I can make.\u2019 He added: \u2018Turing was someone who had a strong moral sense and his personal life was extremely difficult. He was someone who had a remarkable way of making decisions unaffected by emotional bias but at the same time was highly emotional himself.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandszone.co.uk\/news\/sculpture-of-gay-codebreaker-turing-would-ruin-colleges-character-says-heritage-organisation\/19752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <em>Art Newspaper<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp cb-item\">Antony Gormley\u2019s proposal for a sculpture commemorating the Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has run into trouble after the heritage body Historic England criticised the 12-feet high memorial piece planned for the University of Cambridge. The abstract metal figure made of 19 steel slabs would \u201charm\u201d King\u2019s College, where Turing read mathematics in the 1930s, says Historic England. But other cultural figures, including the directors of both Tate Modern and Tate Britain, back Gormley\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/news\/antony-gormley-s-steel-slab-sculpture-honouring-alan-turing-draws-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic England, the organisation responsible for protecting the country\u2019s heritage, has said that a proposed 12-foot steel sculpture dedicated to the memory of gay World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing would ruin the \u2018existing character\u2019 of King\u2019s College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26374,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26372\/revisions\/26374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}