Horizon Field Hamburg
Horizon Field Hamburg is a large-scale art installation by British sculptor Antony Gormley. It consists of a 25 m by 50 m platform suspended by steel cables 7.5 m above the ground in the 3800 m² Hall for Contemporary Art of the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. It is constructed from a steel-and-wood understructure covered by a highly polished black epoxy resin surface. The construction has a total weight of about 60 tons, using 40 tons of steel.[1]
The installation is open to the public. Entry is free, but the number of visitors on the at any one time is limited to 100. Visitors are invited to take off their shoes[2], ascend to the platform, and experience time on the freely but nearly imperceptibly swinging construction. The mirror-finish surface shows reflections of the visitors, the steel frame architecture of the hall, and the cityscape beyond the large windows of the hall. The installation was created on the occasion of the documenta 2012 exhibition[1] and is open from April 27th to September 9th, 2012.[3] [2]
The installation was seen by more than 42500 visitors in the first six weeks, and is expected to receive 104000 visitors until the end of the exhibition. This would make it the most successful exhibition at the Deichtorhallen so far, significantly surpassing the number of 80000 visitors for the previous record holder, a Roy Lichtenstein exhibition in 1995.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Antony Gormley installs site-specific piece Horizon Field Hamburg at Deichtorhallen". artdaily.com. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ a b "ANTONY GORMLEY – HORIZON FIELD HAMBURG". Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Aufbau der Gormley-Installation vor den Deichtorhallen". Hamburger Abendblatt. March 3, 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Zehntausende Besucher spazieren über "Horizon Field Hamburg"". Welt Online. June 12, 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
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