Infinite Life, Taipei 101, Taiwan
N 25° 02.032 E 121° 33.900
51R E 355224 N 2769465
The sculpture "Infinite Life" is made out of a cable from the elevator inside Taipei 101 an is located right outside the entrance
Waymark Code: WMPCDD
Location: Taiwan
Date Posted: 08/08/2015
Views: 6
Description of the sculpture on the plague:
"Concept
The tightly coiled lines of Infinite Life trace out the image of life in its original form, a steel embryo reborn from the towering structure from which it came. As a reflection on the circle of life using retired cable from the TAIPEI 101 observatory high-speed elevator to create beauty from otherwise discarded material, the sculpture stands as testimony to TAIPEI 101's philosophy of environmental protection.
Medium:
The cable is from the world's fastest elevator from the world's tallest green building - TAIPEI 101 TOWER. It was in service from January 2005 to May 2010 taking 6,6 million visitors to the 89F observatory. Each elevator uses 10 cables each beeing 447 meters in lenght and weighting 700 Kg. Each cable is composed of a steel core rope made from 49 steel wires, surrounded by 8 other steel ropes, each made of 25 steel wires - a total of 249 steel wires per cable. This work uses 4,5 rolls of cable, and total lenght of its steel wires measures 500 Km, equal to the lenght of Taiwan's coastline from north to south."
Title: Infinite Life
Artist: Kang Mu Xiang
Media (materials) used: steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Outside Taipei 101
Date of creation or placement: unknown
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