St.Helens The Heart of the North West

Dream - a spectacular 20 metre high sculpture by internationally renowned artist Jaume Plensa – will change the Northwest horizon forever.

The new landmark artwork chosen by local ex-miners is prominently situated on the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery in St.Helens, close to Junction 7 of the M62, midway between Liverpool and Manchester.

Weighing more than 370 tonnes, and individually fabricated in 90 unique panels of pre-cast concrete, Dream takes the form of a girl’s head with her eyes closed, seemingly in a dream-like state and has taken six months to construct

Dream has been commissioned by St.Helens Council as part of The Big Art Project, an ambitious public art initiative from Channel 4 supported by Arts Council England, the national development agency for the arts and The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity. The Big Art Project seeks to inspire and create new works of public art, commissioned by communities, as well as debating the importance of art in the built environment.

Dream is the artist’s response to ex-miners’ brief and to subsequent conversations with the group and members of the wider local community, who, far from wanting a mining monument, sought instead a forward-looking piece that would provide a beautiful, inspiring, contemplative space for generations to come. The work is intended to become a gateway feature for both Merseyside and Greater Manchester at the heart of the Northwest and to symbolise the remarkable regeneration of the whole region

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