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Phot.Oberhausen.Christo.Big.Air.Package.01.041311.4517.jpg
Germany, Oberhausen, Gasometer, “Big Air Package”, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, born in Bulgaria in 1935, he is just known as “Christo”. The artist generates in the accessible interior an exceptional experience of proportions, space & light with this monumental work of art, at present time it is the largest self-supporting indoor sculpture in the world. The project for the Gasometer was conceived in 2010 by Christo & is on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013.
The sculpture, which is installed inside the former gas tank, was made from 20,350 square mtr of semi-transparent polyester fabric & 4,500 mtr of rope. The inflated envelope is more than 90 meters high & 50 mtr in diameter. Its total weight is 5.3 tons & has a volume of 177,000 cubic mtr, nearly spans the distance from wall to wall of the Gasomter, leaving only a small passageway to walk around the sculpture. Two air fans creating a constant pressure of 0.27 millibar to keep the package upright, airlocks allow visitors to enter the package. Illuminated through the skylights of the Gasometer & 60 additional projectors, it creates a diffuse light throughout the interior. Inside of the Big Air Package one does not really realize the heights, outside of the balloon from the top, a 100 mtr & 10 floors high, the project shows its immense size.
Christo & Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, born in Morocco, were a married couple who created numerous environmental works of art. Their works include among others the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin, the 39 km long Running Fence in California, The Gates in New York City's Central Park & the Pont-Neuf Bridge in Paris.
They artist couple first met in Paris in October 1958, their works were credited to just "Christo" until 1994, when the outdoor works & large indoor installations were retroactively credited to "Christo & Jeanne-Claude". They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
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Phot.Oberhausen.Christo.Big.Air.Package.01.041311.4517.jpg
Germany, Oberhausen, Gasometer, “Big Air Package”, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, born in Bulgaria in 1935, he is just known as “Christo”. The artist generates in the accessible interior an exceptional experience of proportions, space & light with this monumental work of art, at present time it is the largest self-supporting indoor sculpture in the world. The project for the Gasometer was conceived in 2010 by Christo & is on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013.
The sculpture, which is installed inside the former gas tank, was made from 20,350 square mtr of semi-transparent polyester fabric & 4,500 mtr of rope. The inflated envelope is more than 90 meters high & 50 mtr in diameter. Its total weight is 5.3 tons & has a volume of 177,000 cubic mtr, nearly spans the distance from wall to wall of the Gasomter, leaving only a small passageway to walk around the sculpture. Two air fans creating a constant pressure of 0.27 millibar to keep the package upright, airlocks allow visitors to enter the package. Illuminated through the skylights of the Gasometer & 60 additional projectors, it creates a diffuse light throughout the interior. Inside of the Big Air Package one does not really realize the heights, outside of the balloon from the top, a 100 mtr & 10 floors high, the project shows its immense size.
Christo & Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, born in Morocco, were a married couple who created numerous environmental works of art. Their works include among others the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin, the 39 km long Running Fence in California, The Gates in New York City's Central Park & the Pont-Neuf Bridge in Paris.
They artist couple first met in Paris in October 1958, their works were credited to just "Christo" until 1994, when the outdoor works & large indoor installations were retroactively credited to "Christo & Jeanne-Claude". They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work.
👉 One World one Dream,
...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
10 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments