With ‘The Floating Piers’ nearing completion, you can now walk on water

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Updated On Jun 10, 2016 08:41 am IST

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An aerial view of the in-progress installation, The Floating Piers, on the Lake Iseo in northern Italy. It is a 3-km runway connecting the town of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola, created using 2,20,000 floating polyethylene cubes attached together to form a modular floating dock system. (AP)

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An aerial view of the in-progress installation, The Floating Piers, on the Lake Iseo in northern Italy. It is a 3-km runway connecting the town of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola, created using 2,20,000 floating polyethylene cubes attached together to form a modular floating dock system. (AP)

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The runway will be clad in a bright yellow fabric for a 16-day outdoor installation opening on June 18 through July 3, 2016. (André Grossman)

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The runway will be clad in a bright yellow fabric for a 16-day outdoor installation opening on June 18 through July 3, 2016. (André Grossman)

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The project started in November 2015, is the brainchild of Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev, popularly known as Christo. (AP)

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The project started in November 2015, is the brainchild of Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev, popularly known as Christo. (AP)

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The cubes are intended to float just above the surface of the water, with a width of 16 meters, and will be covered in 70,000 square metres of shimmering fabric intended to change from red to gold with the changing light. (AP)

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The cubes are intended to float just above the surface of the water, with a width of 16 meters, and will be covered in 70,000 square metres of shimmering fabric intended to change from red to gold with the changing light. (AP)

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Upon completion, visitors will be able to use the floating walkway to cross Italy’s Lake Iseo from mainland Sulzano to Monte Isola and the island of San Paolo, usually only accessible by boat. (AP)

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Upon completion, visitors will be able to use the floating walkway to cross Italy’s Lake Iseo from mainland Sulzano to Monte Isola and the island of San Paolo, usually only accessible by boat. (AP)

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Christo first conceived the idea of ‘The Floating Piers’ with his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude in 1970. Despite her death in 2009, he has continued with their joint projects, including ‘Over The River; (Colorado) and ‘The Mastaba’ (UAE). (AP)

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Christo first conceived the idea of ‘The Floating Piers’ with his wife and partner Jeanne-Claude in 1970. Despite her death in 2009, he has continued with their joint projects, including ‘Over The River; (Colorado) and ‘The Mastaba’ (UAE). (AP)

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Christo in his studio working on a preparatory drawing for The Floating Piers, in New York, November 2015. (Wolfgang Volz)

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Christo in his studio working on a preparatory drawing for The Floating Piers, in New York, November 2015. (Wolfgang Volz)

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The fabric of the installation will also continue a further 1.5 kilometers into the streets of San Paolo and Sulzano to create a sense of fluidity and harmony between the water and the land. (AP)

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The fabric of the installation will also continue a further 1.5 kilometers into the streets of San Paolo and Sulzano to create a sense of fluidity and harmony between the water and the land. (AP)

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At the headquarters in Montecolino, construction workers collect the piers, which are assembled in 100-meter-long segments and stored outside Montecolino on Lake Iseo. (Wolfgang Volz)

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At the headquarters in Montecolino, construction workers collect the piers, which are assembled in 100-meter-long segments and stored outside Montecolino on Lake Iseo. (Wolfgang Volz)

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The mountains that surround the lake “will offer a bird’s-eye view of The Floating Piers, exposing unnoticed angles and altering perspectives” says the project’s website. (Wolfgang Volz)

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The mountains that surround the lake “will offer a bird’s-eye view of The Floating Piers, exposing unnoticed angles and altering perspectives” says the project’s website. (Wolfgang Volz)

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