OUGD405 | Studio brief 02 - Superlambananas Facts

I found gathering facts about Superlambananas fairly difficult because I was unsure if certain facts counted as a single fact or two. Also, the 'facts' seemed to vary in different sources and it was unclear which sources were more reliable.
I would have sourced more books as research, however due to my location over the Christmas period, this was too difficult- so regrettably I had to rely on websites and the museum of Liverpool.

Below are the facts that I gathered -

1.Original designed by an Artist named Taro Chiezo.

2.Original model was only 4 inches tall.

4.Large scale created by sculptors Andy Small, Julian Taylor, Tommy Reason and Ray Stokes.

3.This larger sculpture made its first appearance on the streets of Liverpool in 1998 as part of the ArtTranspennine98 exhibition.

5.The sculpture is 17ft tall.

6.Spin offs of original sculpture are called Go superlambananas and were created as a part of the Capital of Culture celebrations in partnership with 'Wild in Art'.

7.The Go Superlambananas Parade saw 119 scaled-down models hit the city for 10 weeks in the summer and was hailed as one of the key highlights of the Capital of Culture celebrations.

8.8 Superlambananas were created later in 2010.

9.The Gosuperlambananas are 2m tall.

10.The Gosuperlambananas were decorated by artists, schools and community groups.

11.The models were eventually auctioned and raised £600,000 in one night for a Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal.

12.The original Superlambanana is currently located on Tithebarn St outside John Moores University Library

13.It weighs almost 8 tonnes.

14.It is obviously a cross between Lamb and Banana.

15."The sculpture is both a comment on the dangers of genetic engineering and also heavily influenced by the history of Liverpool: historically both sheep and bananas were common cargos in the city's docks."

16.The sculpture was modelled from a wire mesh frame and covered in concrete and steel.

17. The original was once vandalised and had to be repainted.

18.The Original has been pink,green and purple to raise awareness for various campaigns.

19.Go Superlambananas was voted the most popular event of Liverpool’s year of European Capital of Culture 2008 by the readers of the Liverpool Echo. And, still, in 2011 it is the most recalled event of the 08 programme of events.

20 .Go penguins were a group of similar sculptures also organised by 'Wild in Art'- Go Penguins won the Best Tourism Event Award at the Merseyside Partnership Awards 2010.