Tomorrow
2022
This design combines the idea of a spiral suggesting dynamic growth with the idea of future potential contained within the seed.
The seed, an acorn, symbolises dynamic potential and encourages us to speculate about the future rather than actually show it, thereby posing a question for all of us. Together, both the “Yesterday” sculpture and the “Tomorrow” piece express the act of trying to look backwards and forwards from the standpoint of today (the middle section of the Metcalf Way Linear Park), not actual time travel.
Blasted into the acorn seed are letters representative of DNA and the code of the future and our own human potential but also the potential for Manor Royal. Different aspects of Manor Royal’s present and future industries are blasted into the fins of the sculpture suggesting a dynamic and diverse future for the area.
This sculpture can be found at the northern end of the Metcalf Way Linear Park in Zone 1 (Yellow Zone)
The overall design for the site is based on the concept of time and the phrasing suggested by ‘Yesterday’s journey, tomorrow’s path, and a pause for today’. The public artworks at either end are based on the “lives of an oak” reflective of the presence of oak trees around the site.
The artist, Stephen Broadbent, conceives the site as a journey through space and time. With two “gateway” art works at either end – one representing the past (Yesterday) and another representing the future (Tomorrow). As you walk between the two you experience the present (Today) represented by the seating and the people themselves living and resting in the moment.
Artist: Stephen Broadbent
Not far from where you are standing is Jersey Farm. It was once the home to a herd of very productive cows who supplied milk for the area and later, in the 1980s, became Kingsbridge Riding Stables.
