Artist to build four giant waterfalls in New York
Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple.
The waterfalls, including one that will fall from the famed Brooklyn Bridge, are the brainchild of Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Installation will cost $15 million, funded by private donations to New York's Public Art Fund.
"It's about seeing water in a different way," Eliasson told a news conference on Wednesday, unveiling plans for the waterfalls, which will range in height from 90 to 120 feet -- around the same as the Statue of Liberty from head to toe.
Three of the waterfalls will cascade into the East River and New York Harbor from free-standing scaffolding towers that Eliasson said were part of his artistic vision, mirroring the scaffolding towers that sprout up throughout New York. The falls will be in place from mid-July to mid-October.
Excerpted - Read more
3 comments:
These should be pretty impressive if they are as large as the article suggests. Quite something to see, I bet.
I heard that with this project, they are trying to bring positive attention like Christo's public art project, "The Gates" did for NYC with tourism. Should be neat. I'll try to see it.
This sounds really interesting because of the scale. As big as the Statue of Liberty? That sounds awesome.
Post a Comment