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I think we all need to believe in something and to experience some miracles time to time. Otherwise, why would 350,000 people in less than 1 week go to a tiny lake in the Northern Italy to walk on water. Indeed, 350,000 people came to see the Christo’s work, that is at least 10 times more than it was expected. A kind of pilgrimage.
I think we all need to believe in something and to experience some miracles time to time. Otherwise, why would 350,000 people in less than 1 week go to a tiny lake in the Northern Italy to walk on water. Indeed, 350,000 people came to see the Christo’s work, that is at least 10 times more than it was expected. A kind of pilgrimage.
It is, in fact, quite rare to find such a huge and surreal art installation anywhere in the world. 4,5 km long and 16 m wide pedestrian path made of 700.000 sq.m of bright yellow fabric that spreads on the water of Lake Iseo linking the town of Sulzano with the huge Monte Isola and tiny Isola di San Paolo. Yes, that simple. And that powerful.
Originally Christo’s “Floating Piers” was supposed to be open 24 hour a day. Unfortunately, due to the unbelievable success of this sensational work by the Bulgarian-born and New-York-based artist, it is now closed between 11:30 PM and 9:00 AM. Just enough time for maintenance work to be done and get the installation ready for the new day. After all, everybody says you need to walk across them barefoot.
Sounds daring but possible and so far, definitely, the best experience of the 2016... Read the full article and see all images at Cultural Italy (USA).
Text and images exclusively for culturalitaly.com by Maria Novozhilova
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Sounds daring but possible and so far, definitely, the best experience of the 2016... Read the full article and see all images at Cultural Italy (USA).
Text and images exclusively for culturalitaly.com by Maria Novozhilova
Follow me on twitter at @NovozhilovaM
Follow me on instagram at @MN.Blog