A Pound of Flesh for 50p

2014 temporary outdoor sculpture in London

51°30′17″N 0°05′37″W / 51.5046°N 0.0936°W / 51.5046; -0.0936Websitealexchinneck.com/project/a-pound-of-flesh-for-50p/

A Pound of Flesh for 50p, also known as Melting House, was a temporary outdoor sculpture by artist Alex Chinneck, located in London, England. Part of the city's Merge Festival, the two-story house sculpture was constructed from 8,000 paraffin wax bricks and it was designed to melt with assistance from a heating apparatus over the course of the installation.^[1] It was displayed from 26 September to 18 November 2014, at 40 Southwark Street, SE1 9HP,^[2] the structure's roof being gradually lowered as the wax melted. After it had been reduced to "a pile of hardened goo", the sculpture was removed.^[3]

References

^ Weingus, Leigh (30 October 2014). "This Creepy Wax House Is Slowly Melting to the Ground in the Middle of London". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ "Alex Chinneck – A Pound of Flesh for 50p (The Melting House)". Merge Festival. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
^ Alleyne, Allyssia (25 November 2014). "Strange case of the melting house: Alex Chinneck's mind-bending buildings". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2015.