Three giant sculptures are coming to Liverpool's iconic waterfront in a few months and they each carry an important message.
Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool BID Company announced the monumental new public artwork by artist Alicja Biala, which will address the urgent and devastating impact of climate change on Merseyside. The work will be on display at St Nicholas Place, Princes Dock from July 2022 and will remain in situ for two years.
The work, part of Biala's Totemy series and formed of three totems, brings together statistics around climate change with the aim of visualising the issues Merseyside faces in terms of rising sea levels and flooding, and situating them using local examples. Each totem will feature markers pointing to three areas of Merseyside threatened by rising sea levels: Liverpool city centre, Formby and Birkenhead.
