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courthouse tunnel 2005

The Belfast Way - Young Art from Northern Ireland". Herzeliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Sergio Edelzstein


Courthouse Tunnel is one of a series of models, all based on existing structures in Belfast serve to donate collectively how infrastructure and the built environment serve to delineate and even dictate a cities political dynamic on a local scale.

Card model 26'' X 20.5'' X 12'' or 66cm x 52 cm x 30 cm

There is an underground tunnel that connects the former Criminal Court with the former Remand Prison on the Crumlin Rd. All the big political trials were held here, but prisoners remained unseen and would not see the light of day as they were led from the cells to the dock.