As If It Were Already Here

[sleist]

Janet Echelman, 2015, Boston

 

[BillM]

I have no idea what that is but the shot is friggin beautiful

 

[pgriz]

Oh! Love it!

So.... what is it?

 

[sleist]

Thanks! This is a portion of a public sculpture hanging over the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston until October. Janet Echelman is the artist. She's a native of Brookline, MA but this is her first sculpture hung in Boston. At night there are colored lights that shine from below in changing patterns. I have not seen it at night, but intend to at some point. Saw this on a photo walk last weekend - didn't know it was there.

 

[tirediron]

Nice!

 

[snowbear119 50]

Fishing nets!

Nice shot.

 

[sleist]

Fishing nets!

Nice shot.

Thanks.

By the Numbers:
– The sculpture includes over 100 miles of twine
– Longest span is 600 ft
– Highest point of attachment is 365 ft
– There are over half a million knots (~542,500)
– The sculpture weighs approximately 1 ton
– The sculpture can exert over 100 tons of force
– Projected plan area of the sculpture is 20,250 sq ft, or almost half an acre

Not exactly a fishing net ...

 

[snowbear119 50]

Fishing nets!

Nice shot.

Thanks.

By the Numbers:
– The sculpture includes over 100 miles of twine
– Longest span is 600 ft
– Highest point of attachment is 365 ft
– There are over half a million knots (~542,500)
– The sculpture weighs approximately 1 ton
– The sculpture can exert over 100 tons of force
– Projected plan area of the sculpture is 20,250 sq ft, or almost half an acre

Not exactly a fishing net ...

net for VERY LARGE fish.

 

[pgriz]

I can see a Cirque du Soleil performer having some fun in that.

 

[KenC]

Nice!

I think it might be worth doing one where the twine fills the frame. It wouldn't give as good a sense of the sculpture but might be an interesting abstract.