After Christo’s footbridge, another work will “float” on Lake Iseo, again on the Brescia side: Lorenzo Quinn’s famous “hands” will rise from the waters of the Sebino, in front of the former Palafitte of Sulzano, holding a globe on which the oceans and continents will be represented, each of them characterized by a luxuriant vegetation.
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It is not known when the work will be completed, certainly not in 2021 explain from Sulzano, but the path has begun:
it was directly the artist – son of the famous Hollywood actor Antony – who published a video with the rendering of the installation on his Facebook page, accompanied by a few simple words: “A project for the lake of Iseo, Italy ».
Immediately, the announcement aroused great interest; the video on Sunday afternoon had already been seen by over 140 thousand people and reactions were recorded all over the world: among the comments to the post, even some fans of Quinn who lives in Australia and who hopes to be able to come in person on the lake. ‘Iseo to admire the work, that is, when the installation is completed and when the pandemic will be eradicated, being able to fly and travel freely.
“This is precisely the deeper meaning of the initiative – explains Ida Bottanelli, deputy mayor of the country from which Christo’s walkway started five years ago to reach Monte Isola – for us in Sulzano and in general for the lake community after the difficult 2020 , Quinn’s decision to focus on Sebino is first and foremost a sign of hope and renewed enthusiasm for the future. We need to open our gaze to broad horizons, we need to breathe again an air of great and stimulating challenges, we need to get back to moving and meeting. If and when all this is possible, Quinn’s hands will be there to celebrate the return to a coveted normality ».
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