29.-31.1.11 Munich, Effnerplatz, Mae West On the night of 30 to 31 January, on the east of Munich
Effnerplatz ring road, mounted 52 meters high carbon steel sculpture, "Mae West". The staff skeletal figure of the artist and professor Düsseldorf
Rita McBride bears the name of Hollywood actress, writer and sex symbol Mae West
. The simple geometry of the plastic allows associations with an hourglass or the cooling tower of a nuclear power station or an egg cup. These and other architectural associations are also related to its impressive absolute size. First, it seems low for the loose, and by building two towers framed Effnerplatz quite suitable. It stands on a circular traffic island and takes up the spiral movement of the Middle Ring, which runs in a tunnel under it. A smaller, less dominant figure would certainly not have been able to place a center to give and to serve as a focal point. If the future will drive even the trams through the lower pole of the figure, "Mae" the dynamics of the traffic space certainly more convincing in the pool.
(1) Upper part of "Mae West" on 9
January 2011 (2) on 9 Effnerplatz January 2011
At about 15 meters high pedestal of the statue was a work night action with the active participation of the public and full of a giant crane that Verehrssperrung about 36 meters high, symmetrical tapered upper part of "Mae West" was added and finally fixed. As the belt off-center ring is seated, a base area (with tram crossings) from the top, geometric figure is separated. Thus, the construction disclosed, and evokes a harmonious standing, crowned with the upper part of the town. After the completion of construction of the
subway stops and Moosach Moosacher St. Martin's Place provide construction at Effnerplatz another highlight of the Munich transport development dar.
So far there is little experience with such large sculptures carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) in conjunction with steel. Only the base part there is a steel skeleton, while the crown only from the much lighter carbon. In any case one thinks of high-tech products from cycling or medicine, for which the substances were previously reserved. All this was certainly not cheap. For many years the art in construction project was under the label "QUIVID" pursued and taught. Finally, it will probably cost more than 1.5 million € and is therefore also giant statues, including the 17 meter high " Walking Man" by Jonathan Borofsky (since 1995), in the shade.
(3) Upper part of "Mae West" on 30 January 2011 from 1:45 clock
(4) "Mae West" construction site on 30 January 2011 from 1:45 clock
For Saturday / Sunday nights 1:30 clock was the final "marriage" of the two are main set, probably for technical reasons, maybe the fog at night was to blame, no longer able to came. The Building Department
donated the waiting hot drinks and information material in a pavilion with a radiant heater, while the temperatures fell to -12 from -3 degrees. The press had probably withdrawn in its own pavilion and the adjacent buildings. Most onlookers and numerous photographers who have shot thousands of photos, left the cordoned-off site weiträmig already five clock. On the part of the construction workers, it was said that that would happen in the next few hours, probably nothing more. On Sunday evening the traffic is already in prime time is not available. And then everything happened very quickly. Within two hours, said the giant crane to be almost feathery upper top of the figure.
(5) "Mae West" on 30 January to 2 clock
(6) "Mae West" in the fog on 30 January against 5 clock
was no coincidence that "Mae West" in a developing urban area in the east of the city built the transportation infrastructure well connected and economically interesting. The dynamic appearance of McBride's creation will probably point you in the future and contribute to the enhancement of the urban district. In a newsletter of the Building Department that "The new mentality and design distinguish the work of the engineering works of the 19th Century - such as the Eiffel Tower -. And make it a product of our age "Whether giant structures at traffic junctions with the model of car-friendly city really up to date or whether it is not rather a typical creation of the 20th Century is to be able to judge in retrospect certainly clearer. The integration of the tram will not change the effect once more good stuff. The basic structure of the hyperboloid is reminiscent of architecture in shell design of the English / American architect Félix Candela
Outerino who saw in the 50s and 60s with hyper bolden paraboloid, etc. for attention.
(7) "Walking Man" (1995) Leopold Street
(8) "Mae West" construction site on 30 January around 17:30 clock
is indisputably the dominant Position of "Mae West" in urban areas. Marco wrote on 25 little people January in the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "From far away should be able to see the people coming from the John F. Kennedy Bridge, or from the north on the Effnerstraße the large sculpture. And drivers who leave from the southeast to the Richard-Strauss-tunnels are encountered Mae West. The large sculpture is not to be overlooked. In the Building Department to compare the work of art with the winning goal on the Leopolstraße or the angel of peace at the Isar river. "Even if we fail to smile can hardly memorability, the image compression force and is" image ability "undisputed, as the Urbanist Kevin Lynch called "Landmarks", that marks, in 1960 attributed his masterpiece "The Image of the City." The large sculpture is both "point de vue", as well as motorists sculpture, ie a fixed point for a traffic area. Lynch calls these nodes or Brenpunkte "nodes". The transient transport function of Effnerplatz got now also a symbolic expression, comparable to the construction on the Olympic Park and BMW world.
(9) "Mae West" assembly on 30 January to 22 clock
(10) "Mae West" around 22:30 clock
appeared Apparently the construction and visual artists at the dawn of the new millennium - McBride received the 2003 award - the dynamic spiral of Transport Facilities to be reasonable, after all, also adorns the entertainment center of the Munich-based carmaker, also part of the central ring of this Sanduhrmotiv - in a sense as a vast memento mori of the automotive industry has become anachronistic. What would Mae West
had said to her that has now dedicated a giant phallic corset, through slots in the future every day trams will operate. She was, from movies like "Night After Night" (1932), by their loose tongue known. From it is about the saying, "Is that a gun in your pants or are you just to see me?" We will see whether the long-term Bogenhausener be delighted at the sight of "Mae West". In any case, the artist was very happy, which made following the transfer action in a sophisticated ambience and relaxed atmosphere where to go. The cuisine of the Italian restaurant "Il Galeone
" has provided countless spectators this weekend not only with food, but also with rumors.
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Currently, the District Committee 13 Bogenhausen and local authorities for about concepts the open space design.
See arthistoricum.net's blog: - See "Mae West
altitude record or millions grave "
's post about the
opening of the subway stops and Moosach Moosacher St. Martin's Square and to Fair and the city subway stops in Fürsteried and happy.
