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community newsplease login to add to this item   AIDS Memorial public ballotMonday, 3 September 2007 Three proposals have now been submitted for public vote for the Brighton and Hove AIDS Memorial. One is an eye-catching sculpture, the second a place of contemplation and the third a ground-breaking digital tile project. All three have taken a different approach, giving people a real choice as to how they want to see the legacy of the lives lost to or suffering from AIDS/HIV is marked in the city. Each of the ideas propose the New Steine or adjacent seafront as their preferred site. Click each proposal below to view it in more detail: Pagoda (Jack Dickson) Voting has now closed. The outcome of the vote will be subject to further discussions and consultations with the Council, planning authorities and people and businesses located close to any proposed site. Three proposals were received, all of which the Working Group agreed to put through to the final round. Paul Elgood said: ‘We are delighted that the project has reached the final stage. We have an excellent choice of high quality proposals, which we hope will inspire debate and discussion. We hope that the imagination and creativity the artists have already placed in their proposals will be the foundation for a truly remarkable memorial, worthy of the legacy it seeks to mark.’ Background to the Brighton & Hove AIDS Memorial The AIDS Memorial is a small start and finish project with the aim of creating a lasting memorial to AIDS/HIV suffering in the City. On the 1st December 2006 the project was established with four Patrons, whose role is simply to ensure that the project fulfils its aims and to oversee the fundraising. Simon Burgess was subsequently asked to oversee issues around shortlisting and consultation. Last year over a 1,000 people signed the public petition to show support for the project and this was followed by a series of fundraising events to raise money for the project which raised £17,236.33. Similar memorials have been dedicated in Manchester and Key West, Florida. The project would like to warmly thank and acknowledge all the supporters of the fundraising, including REALBrighton, Charles Street, Paul Kemp, Lola Lasagna, The Hub, The Queen’s Arms, The Marine Tavern, Colin Fry, Nick Head, Brighton Cares and GScene. your comments said by keith904 Waste of money. Spend it on care. Knowing Brighton it will get vandalised, urinated on and attract drunks and druggies.  said by Lola_L I hope that everyone who visits REALBrighton and reads this news story, takes the time to vote - whether they signed the original petition or not.  said by trish Let us give something back to those who loved us. The list is so long and will get longer.  said by stevia With regard to the Aids memorial - I feel Brighton needs a focal point so that we can have somewhere to go and leave our thoughts for the ones we loved and still love who are suffering or have been lost to this illness. Please find the right place to put it - maybe the New Steine. Well done to everyone involved.  said by btndave Great that we as a city are planning a memorial to all those we have lost to HIV & Aids over the last 25 years. However, this condition doesn't just involve loss, it also involves perseverance, strength of character and a determination to live.  said by AngieRS I've voted for the Pagoda, but would prefer the artist's design and not that of some builder who clearly hasn't got an artistic bone in his body. This is a memorial, not a bit of decking for the back of someone's garden.
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said by _Skip_
on Thursday, 6 September 2007, 3:17am
A modern illness deserves a modern memorial.