‘Old Trafford Mountain’ is a playful yet pointed sculptural response to place, waste, and perception. Nodding to Ugo Rondinone’s Liverpool Mountain, this piece reimagines the monumental stack using discarded everyday objects found abandoned in the streets and alleyways of Old Trafford. Built from fly tipped and dumped items, the brightly coloured sculpture transforms the “ugly” and unwanted into something joyful and eye-catching.

Old Trafford is a vibrant and diverse community, yet it is often plagued by fly tipping. Through this work, I challenge the viewer to pause and reconsider their relationship to waste; how we see, value, and discard the materials around us. The sculpture’s bold colours and playful composition aim to make us smile, drawing us in before prompting deeper reflection on local neglect and the wider global accumulation of waste. Amid rubbish and excess, ‘Old Trafford Mountain’ insists that beauty, meaning, and possibility can still be found.