Heathrow Airport have commissioned Richard Wilson to create a sculpture for their soon-to-be renovated Terminal 2

在当代雕塑领域内，理查德·威尔逊的技术上奇妙的创作迫使我们重新思考我们对空间、透视、材料和结构的看法。这就是为什么希思罗机场在选择这位出生于英国的艺术家为即将翻修的2号航站楼设计一个装置时，几乎不需要什么诱惑力。

与路易斯·维达尔(Luis Vdar)和Hetco合作，这座将于2014年开业的崭新航站楼在福斯特合作伙伴(Foster Partners)的指导下迅速成形，它有着戏剧性的波涛式屋顶。新的空间将有一个中央充满光线的庭院(与泰特现代涡轮大厅的大小相似)，威尔逊的振荡结构，名为“滑流”，将悬挂在离地面20米的地方。

“这项工作是旅行的隐喻，”威尔逊在谈到这项设计时说。“这是一次从A到B的旅程，在那里，速度、加速度和加速度的感觉在每一个波涛中都跟着我们。”

在摄影师EadwedMuybridge的启发下，威尔逊的任务就是创造一个雕塑来完成这一任务。他的系列“人物在运动中”捕捉到了动人的瞬间。威尔逊解释说：“如果你把镜头设为千分之一秒，你就能及时捕捉到那个美妙的时刻。”

威尔逊利用飞行中的一架小型特技飞机的翻筋斗、螺旋运动和扭曲动作，从一系列草图开始，然后寻求结构工程师普莱斯的帮助。

长度超过70米，重达77吨，这幅比生命更大的作品将由一具覆盖着胶合板的木骨架构成，而外部层将由半抛光铝制成。“非常优雅的雕塑，流线型的，起伏的表面，以各种方式反射光，”威尔逊说，他的创作。铆接的铝制表面将突出零件的轮廓。

威尔逊的雕塑从未停止过激发和激发，“滑流”肯定是一种视觉上的愉悦，它提醒我们，我们所知道的边界仅仅是一个开始。

Sporting a dramatic wave-like roof, the shiny new terminal – which is due to open in 2014 - is swiftly taking shape under the design work of Foster Partners, in collaboration with Luis Vidal and HETCo

The new space will feature a central light-filled courtyard (similar in size to the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall) in which Wilson’s oscillating structure, titled ‘Slipstream’, will be suspended 20m above the ground

Inspired by photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose series ‘Human figure in Motion’, captured moving moments, Wilson’s mission was to create a sculpture that did just that

Using the somersaulting, spiralling and twisting motions of a small stunt plane in flight, Wilson started off with a series of sketches

One of Wilson's original sketches depicting a plane in motion

He then enlisted the help of structural engineers Price & Myers as well as specialist fabricators Commercial Systems International (CSI) who used aeronautical computer technology to translate his concept into a three dimensional reality

The three dimensional stage after the sketches, showing the mathematical process used to create the final models and renderings

The final solid model, created to the same scale used in aeroplane designs

A view of the solid model from underneath

The final rendering showing the plane's movement, depicting its undulations, twistings and spirallings and eventually, the beginning of the sculpture. 'Once out the other side,  imagine  the vast void left by the plane’s path is filled with fast-setting plaster, therefore making the void the solid,' explains Wilson

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