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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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental artwork
site-specific installation
temporary art installation
color saffron
commissionedBy local authorities of Lake Iseo area
componentsRecycled true
connectsWith Isola di San Paolo NERFINISHED
Monte Isola NERFINISHED
Sulzano NERFINISHED
country Italy
creator Christo NERFINISHED
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
land art
hasPart floating walkways
piers
inception 2016
inspiredBy Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s earlier wrapped and environmental works
Jeanne-ClaudeDiedBeforeCompletion true
length approximately 3 kilometers
locatedIn Brescia province NERFINISHED
Lombardy
location Lake Iseo NERFINISHED
materialUsed polyethylene cubes
saffron-colored fabric
movement contemporary art
notableFeature allowed visitors to walk on water-like surface
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
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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