Thursday, 4 August 2011

Hamburg vs Copenhagen

The sculptor Oliver Foss has designed and built a siren of gigantic proportions, and has decided to promote his work by placing it into the lake Alster in Hamburg. The statue, made ​​of polystyrene and steel, is designed to look like a woman bathing in the picturesque lake.

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Important piece of the statue, which consists of three parts, which makes it not fall into the water, leaving bare knees.

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Despite the good result obtained, the team of workers has had many problems to place the siren in the lake. The statue has been exposed on 1 August, but the crane was not able to stay afloat and was submerged for a while time. Fortunately, the sculpture was not damaged and is correctly placed on the following Tuesday.

The three-piece work of art, which is 13ft high and 98ft long, will be turning heads for the next ten days - with many visitors boarding rowing boats to get a closer look.

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