American sculptor Janet Echelman has draped downtown Boston in a lengthy and colourful 'spiderweb'

城市地区的建筑造成的空隙经常被闲置，但珍妮特·埃克尔曼在波士顿的最新雕塑为艺术目的重新创造了空间。

这一空中工程是由100英里长的纤维缠绕而成的，它的重量比钢高15倍，但重量却非常轻。这一工程在波特堡海峡公园(FortPoint Channel Parks)上空翱翔365英尺。就像它已经在这里一样，这个装置的涤纶绳和聚乙烯绳-它们的弹性、运动和强度-使它看起来就像一只巨大的蜘蛛在城市的建筑之间旋转。有时，它看起来更像渔夫网，锚定在市中心。摇曳的丝线的色彩，意味着它也像一个泡沫，生动地与肥皂和光的光芒。

埃克尔曼以她的滚滚的、反应式的雕塑而闻名，并曾在阿姆斯特丹、悉尼、温哥华和新加坡以及像凤凰城和丹佛这样的美国城市建造过大型建筑。这一最新的委员会将持续到2015年10月，并成为绿道保守党公共艺术项目的一部分。

“我很兴奋能用艺术把城市的结构用视觉编织在一起，”埃克尔曼在谈到她的打结漂浮装置时说。

由手工拼接绳和打结线制作成一个以上互连的网状网，它的数量超过50万个节点，雕塑花边直接形成了三个高层的建筑。
“它是通过弹性的相互联系和力量的物理表现，”这位艺术家解释道。
当任何一个元素移动时，每隔一个元素都会受到影响。

该艺术品包含“动态光元素”，它对风有反应；感应器记录运动和张力，将数据显示在投射到雕塑表面的光的颜色中。

尽管规模巨大(占地近半英亩)，但它的流动性和轻盈度可能是最令人敬畏的。

Entitled As If It Were Already Here, the installation naturally complements its surroundings – a mysterious, yet ethereal, presence

Made of polyester twine and polyethylene ropes, the elastic installation is permeable and can be moved in the air

'It is a physical manifestation of interconnectedness and strength through resiliency,' explains the artist

As If It Were Already Here forms part of the annual Greenway Conservancy's public art programme, which promotes different forms of contemporary art – the main ambition being to engage the public and create meaningful experiences

Although monumental in scale (it covers almost half an acre), the fluidity and lightness of the installation is striking

Echelman has already created similarly buoyant installations in big cities such as Sydney, Amsterdam, Vancouver and Singapore, as well as Phoenix and Denver

This time, the airy commission will float between the city's buildings for just over three months, until 25 October 2015  

keywords:Janet Echelman, Boston's Greenway Conservancy, rope sculpture, Boston art, art installation

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