A Longer Day
Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, UK
July 2025
A Longer Day takes its primary inspiration from the sensation of rain hitting pavement— something all-encompassing yet barely there. A quiet presence that surrounds, catches the light, then slips away. Like much of Ramsay’s work, it is also rooted in the language of dance: exploring balance and control, freedom and expression, the tension between discipline and release.
Constructed from stainless steel woven wire mesh, the piece draws from the urban textures of Milton Keynes—its reflective surfaces, its engineered clarity. Visually, it suggests a kind of musical score—fragments of notation stretched across space, inviting the viewer to imagine movement or sound. In the context of a town shaped by celestial alignments and a rational grid, the work offers a moment of reflection—a poised balance between structure and sensation, where fleeting light invites a quiet sense of awe.
Photography, Chris Henley