{"id":1359,"date":"2022-03-12T11:49:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T11:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2022-10-28T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T14:14:26","slug":"rocket","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/?page_id=1359","title":{"rendered":"Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rocket-One-Space-Lichfield-Cathedral-Peter-Walker-Sculptor-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1356\" width=\"453\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rocket-One-Space-Lichfield-Cathedral-Peter-Walker-Sculptor-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rocket-One-Space-Lichfield-Cathedral-Peter-Walker-Sculptor-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Rocket &#8211; as seen at Lichfield &amp; Rochester Cathedrals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">A 4 meter high rocket sculpture with lighting and sound (composed music by David Harper) made to represent Saturn 5 which was developed for the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">The rocket is a cultural icon of engineering and innovation, here the artist Peter Walker engages the viewer in a metaphysical dialogue with cultural history and our human capacity for exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Click on an image below for a larger version:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-1355\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"\" data-gallery-theme=\"\" id=\"envira-gallery-1355\" class=\"envira-gallery-public  envira-gallery-3-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"3\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-1356\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; 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One Space &amp;#8211; Lichfield Cathedral &amp;#8211; Peter Walker Sculptor (2)\" data-envira-caption=\"Rocket &amp;#8211; One Space &amp;#8211; Lichfield Cathedral &amp;#8211; Peter Walker Sculptor (2)\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-test-width=\"640\" data-test-height=\"480\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-1357\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rocket-One-Space-Lichfield-Cathedral-Peter-Walker-Sculptor-2-683x1024-640x480_c.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rocket-One-Space-Lichfield-Cathedral-Peter-Walker-Sculptor-2-683x1024-640x480_c.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"1355\" data-envira-item-id=\"1357\" data-envira-caption=\"Rocket &amp;#8211; One Space &amp;#8211; Lichfield Cathedral &amp;#8211; Peter Walker Sculptor (2)\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rocket &amp;amp;#8211; 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as seen at Lichfield &amp; Rochester Cathedrals A 4 meter high rocket sculpture with lighting and sound (composed music by David Harper) made to represent Saturn 5 which was developed for the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969.&nbsp; The rocket is a cultural icon of engineering and innovation, here the artist Peter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2514,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560,"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1359\/revisions\/2560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peterwalkersculptor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}