Beginning this week, and lasting for only sixteen days, visitors to the Italian Lake Iseo can “walk on water.” The Floating Piers is the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, based on an idea first conceived in 1970. Built using 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric, carried by a modular floating dock system of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes, the installation—which sits just above water level—undulates with the movement of the lake.
Those who experience The Floating Piers will feel like they are walking on water – or perhaps the back of a whale.
Sigh….
One day I will see a Christo installation!
Learn more about the installation here
06/20/2016 | Posted by Eye Forward
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