ALEX CHINNECK - A POUND OF FLESH FOR 50P

''A pound of flesh for 50p' is a life size building made from wax that will melt to the ground during the festival. This project is part of Bankside Transformed and celebrates the history of an old candle making factory which was based in Bankside a couple of centuries ago.Built from 8,000 wax bricks Chinneck will construct a full-sized two-storey house that melts over 30 days. The installation will mirror the scale, design and scenery of an archetypal property before the bricks begin to drip and the building starts to warp, leaving just the roof on the floor in a pile of melted wax.' This is an interesting idea I would like to experiment with involving my glass head sculpture that represents our intelligence as humans- the point of melting it would be that no matter how smart we all are involved in the cycle of life - and death.