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PROTAGONIST / ART ON THE LAKE

WALKING ON WATERS
WITH CHRISTÒ

From June 18th to July 3rd 2016, an immense
art installation by artist Christò is floating on the surface

of Lake Iseo. A series of piers linking
the banks of the dock where the legend of Riva was born

Between June 18th and July 3rd, Lake Iseo Lake Iseo as his source of inspiration for yet another of his
will become an extraordinary work of art full of “ephemeral” works, entitled “The Floating Piers”. Visitors will
magic appeal for 16 days. The installation will be able to walk from Sulzano to Monte Isola and then to the
be created using 100,000 sq m2 of yellow fabric, island of San Paolo and around its shores. The walkway has
floating on the surface of the lake. It will be a total length of 3.6km, with a further 1.5 km on dry land on
held up in place by a modular system of 220,000 high-density the streets of Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio. It will also be
polyethylene cubes, which will mimic the slow motion of the possible to admire the 16-metre wide floating piers that stand
waves as they float on the lake’s surface. Visitors will be able to 35 cm clear of the surface of the water, on board the yachts.
admire and walk over the installation like a footpath, enjoying Riva will be present with the owners of its yachts, bringing
an experience that will have an almost miraculous feeling even more international acclaim to an area that already enjoys
about it: walking on water. Christò is the artist who chose glory and names of excellence (www.thefloatingpiers.com).

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