@bkbinthecity Glad you asked because it reminded me that I wanted to look this up. It's a light bulb but since the main industry of Bradford was textiles I couldn't figure out why this was here.
Turns out it was part of a government scheme that encourages developers to put in art installations whenever they build a new project - and has no relevance to the area whatsoever!
From The Telegraph & Argus newspaper:
"A 10ft (3m)-high light bulb now stands like a beacon outside the second phase of the Forster Square Retail Park in Bradford.
The £14,000 sculpture was made possible thanks to the 'per cent for art' scheme which encourages developers to pay for new works to go with new building schemes.
Asda St James, the company behind the Forster Square retail park, worked together with Wakefield-based Public Arts to choose the light bulb design from several shortlisted drawings."
August 27th, 2021
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Turns out it was part of a government scheme that encourages developers to put in art installations whenever they build a new project - and has no relevance to the area whatsoever!
From The Telegraph & Argus newspaper:
"A 10ft (3m)-high light bulb now stands like a beacon outside the second phase of the Forster Square Retail Park in Bradford.
The £14,000 sculpture was made possible thanks to the 'per cent for art' scheme which encourages developers to pay for new works to go with new building schemes.
Asda St James, the company behind the Forster Square retail park, worked together with Wakefield-based Public Arts to choose the light bulb design from several shortlisted drawings."