Christo

104218 — Köln Taschen 2017. Quer-4° 844 S. zahlr. farb. Abb. OLwd. in Kart.-Schmuckschuber in Kart-Transportkoffer. Verlagsfrisch. Von Christo und Volz a. Schmutztitel signiert. Nr. 52 von 1000 Exempl.Text engl.- For sixteen days—June 18 through July 3 2016—Italy's Lake Iseo was reimagined. 100000 square meters 1 million square feet of shimmering yellow fabric carried by a modular floating dock system of 220000 high-density polyethylene cubes undulated with the movement of the waves as The Floating Piers rose just above the surface of the water.Visitors were able to experience the work of art by walking on it from Sulzano to Monte Isola and to the island of San Paolo which was framed by The Floating Piers. The mountains surrounding the lake offered a bird's-eye view of The Floating Piers exposing unnoticed angles and altering perspectives. Lake Iseo is located 100 kilometers 62 miles east of Milan and 200 kilometers 124 miles west of Venice."Like all our projects The Floating Piers was absolutely free and open to the public" said Christo. "There were no tickets no openings no reservations and no owners. The Floating Piers were an extension of the street and belonged to everyone."A 3-kilometer-1.9-mile-long walkway was created as The Floating Piers extended across the water of Lake Iseo. The piers were 16 meters 52.5 feet wide and approximately 35 centimeters 13.8 inches high with sloping sides. The fabric continued along 2.5 kilometers 1.6 miles of pedestrian streets in Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio."Those who experienced The Floating Piers felt like they were walking on water—or perhaps the back of a whale" said Christo. "The light and water transformed the bright yellow fabric to shades of red and gold throughout the sixteen days." 010 Köln, Taschen, 2017 unknown