The Floating Piers art installation 2016
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The Floating Piers art installation 2016 was a large-scale, temporary environmental artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude that allowed visitors to walk on bright saffron-colored floating walkways across Italy’s Lake Iseo.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Floating Piers | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental artwork
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site-specific installation ⓘ temporary art installation ⓘ |
| color | saffron ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | local authorities of Lake Iseo area ⓘ |
| componentsRecycled | true ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Isola di San Paolo
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Monte Isola NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulzano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator |
Christo
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Jeanne-Claude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | pedestrian access ⓘ |
| dismantled | 2016 ⓘ |
| endTime | 2016-07-03 ⓘ |
| estimatedVisitors | over one million visitors ⓘ |
| freeAdmission | true ⓘ |
| fundingModel | self-financed by Christo through sale of artworks ⓘ |
| genre |
installation art
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land art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
floating walkways
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piers ⓘ |
| inception | 2016 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s earlier wrapped and environmental works ⓘ |
| Jeanne-ClaudeDiedBeforeCompletion | true ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 kilometers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brescia province
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Lombardy ⓘ |
| location | Lake Iseo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
polyethylene cubes
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saffron-colored fabric ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
allowed visitors to walk on water-like surface
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bright saffron-colored fabric covering ⓘ |
| projectConceivedBy | Christo and Jeanne-Claude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | 24 hours a day during opening period ⓘ |
| realizedBy | Christo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| safetyMeasures | life jackets and safety boats on the lake ⓘ |
| startTime | 2016-06-18 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art criticism
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documentary films ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| supportedBy | floating modular cubes ⓘ |
| temporary | true ⓘ |
| visitorCapacity | thousands of visitors per day ⓘ |
| visitorExperience | walking directly above the surface of Lake Iseo ⓘ |
| width | approximately 16 meters ⓘ |
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