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Christo's Floating Piers

71 points by wallflower 10y ago

pmontra 10y ago
It's doing well. 620,000 visitors in 9 days so far. Long lines, traffic jams. Pictures at http://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/16_giugno_20/the-floating-piers-treni-battelli-christo-27fdd94c-36f5-11e6-88d7-7a12a568ff47.shtml http://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/16_giugno_20/the-... (Italian text but it doesn't matter). Live feed plus timelapses at http://www.corriere.it/infografiche/infografiche.shtml?pagina=http://baudoku.1000eyes.de/cam/lineacom/ACCC8E4A7CBC/&larg=100%25&alt=900 http://www.corriere.it/infografiche/infografiche.shtml?pagin...
- antirez 10y ago
  Yep but hard to tell just by numbers. All my friends that visited it, including the ones that love Christo and have books and drafts of his projects, were highly unimpressed by the experience, and by the not excellent organization.
artf 10y ago
Realtime webcam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBKNCPKBE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBKNCPKBE8
trisomy21 10y ago
Here's an earlier thread including photos from a community member who visited the installation: Christo’s Newest Project: Walking on Water https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924673
_pmf_ 10y ago
I think people love, in addition to the aesthetics, the unpretentiousness of his projects. Even the art journalism scene seems to respect the pure aesthetic nature of the projects and to hold off their usual bullshitting. I think this kind of art could also be made to work at a smaller scale; a lot of urban environments would benefit from providing public space for temporary projects instead of permanent installations.
- Animats 10y ago
  This project is not too pretentious. Some of his previous ones have been on a monumental scale.
malingo 10y ago
I will be there later today! Very excited. I will post some photos here if I have a chance. Here's an article with a few more details on the construction: http://www.wired.com/2016/06/heres-christo-built-huge-17m-floating-pathway/ http://www.wired.com/2016/06/heres-christo-built-huge-17m-fl...
option_greek 10y ago
Curious: who finds this stuff ?
- pimlottc 10y ago
  Finds? Christo is an internationally famous artist who's been working for decades and has done large-scale projects throughout the world, including in New York City, Berlin and Japan. Or did you mean funds? According to the article, this project is completely self-funded through sales of his other work. Of course, I'm sure working out good deals with local workers and craftsmen is part of his acumen.
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pilom 10y ago
Just to be clear, his public art isn't universally loved. He's been trying for over a decade to string fabric over the Arkansas River in Colorado. The locals almost universally hate the idea but it looks like there isn't anything they can do about it because the project has a permit from the Bureau of Land Management. http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/01/02/judge-rules-against-opponents-of-christos-arkansas-river-project/ http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/01/02/judge-rules-against-op...

71 points by wallflower 10y ago

It's doing well. 620,000 visitors in 9 days so far. Long lines, traffic jams. Pictures at http://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/16_giugno_20/the-floating-piers-treni-battelli-christo-27fdd94c-36f5-11e6-88d7-7a12a568ff47.shtml http://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/16_giugno_20/the-... (Italian text but it doesn't matter). Live feed plus timelapses at http://www.corriere.it/infografiche/infografiche.shtml?pagina=http://baudoku.1000eyes.de/cam/lineacom/ACCC8E4A7CBC/&larg=100%25&alt=900 http://www.corriere.it/infografiche/infografiche.shtml?pagin...

antirez 10y ago
Yep but hard to tell just by numbers. All my friends that visited it, including the ones that love Christo and have books and drafts of his projects, were highly unimpressed by the experience, and by the not excellent organization.

artf 10y ago

Realtime webcam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBKNCPKBE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBKNCPKBE8

trisomy21 10y ago

Here's an earlier thread including photos from a community member who visited the installation: Christo’s Newest Project: Walking on Water https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11924673

_pmf_ 10y ago

I think people love, in addition to the aesthetics, the unpretentiousness of his projects. Even the art journalism scene seems to respect the pure aesthetic nature of the projects and to hold off their usual bullshitting. I think this kind of art could also be made to work at a smaller scale; a lot of urban environments would benefit from providing public space for temporary projects instead of permanent installations.

Animats 10y ago
This project is not too pretentious. Some of his previous ones have been on a monumental scale.

malingo 10y ago

I will be there later today! Very excited. I will post some photos here if I have a chance. Here's an article with a few more details on the construction: http://www.wired.com/2016/06/heres-christo-built-huge-17m-floating-pathway/ http://www.wired.com/2016/06/heres-christo-built-huge-17m-fl...

option_greek 10y ago

Curious: who finds this stuff ?

pimlottc 10y ago
Finds? Christo is an internationally famous artist who's been working for decades and has done large-scale projects throughout the world, including in New York City, Berlin and Japan. Or did you mean funds? According to the article, this project is completely self-funded through sales of his other work. Of course, I'm sure working out good deals with local workers and craftsmen is part of his acumen.

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pilom 10y ago

Just to be clear, his public art isn't universally loved. He's been trying for over a decade to string fabric over the Arkansas River in Colorado. The locals almost universally hate the idea but it looks like there isn't anything they can do about it because the project has a permit from the Bureau of Land Management. http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/01/02/judge-rules-against-opponents-of-christos-arkansas-river-project/ http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/01/02/judge-rules-against-op...