Tyne Line of Txt Flow – Carol Sommer, Sue Downing and William Herbert (2005)

Carol Sommer, Sue Downing and William Herbert

On Thornton Street, a 140m long stream of text on stainless steel. The text comes from Roman messages, texts from the time of King Charles I and from text messages collected in 2002 on the day of the Newcastle and Sunderland derby, translated into SMS text form. William Herbert has written a response refering to the Skinner Burn which flows under the street. Commissioned by Grainger Town Partnership and Newcastle City Council. Source TWSitelines