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The artwork "Source"
is unique because of its concept and its dimensions. It is a monumental art installation on a 225 000 volts High Voltage power
line "Amnéville -
Montois" France. Four high-tension towers and 1.5 kilometers of
the line are transformed into works of art.
Sizes:
34 meters high, 1255 meters long,
28 meters wide.
Weight:
28 tons.
Technical
medium:
Stay cables and tubes of stainless steel over four high-voltage pylons
on the
line carrying electricity.
Materials used: 3
284m
of steel cable, 2 708m of stays, 525m of plastic
canvas, 576m of stainless
steel tubes, 384 fixations, 40 lighting projectors controlled
by
satellite.
Details:
Pylon No. 10, "Source - light" - height 28m.
Pylon No. 11, "Source - water" - height
28m.
Pylon No. 12, "Source - energy" -
height 34m.
Pylon No. 13, "Source - flame" -
height 34m.
Location:
Tourist and Spa Center - Amnéville les Thermes ( French
Region of
Lorraine). Site visited by around 5 million tourists a year.
Esplanade site
57 360 Amnéville les Thermes
Contact:
Tourist Office of Amnéville: Phone: +33 3 87 70 10
40
Inaugurated: February 17th, 2004.
Calendar of events:
• Two years of negotiations (2001-2003)
• June 2003: signature of a convention confirming the
technical and financial responsibilities of both partners RTE and the
City of Amnéville.
• 18 months of study. Validations of technical
solutions,
selection of materials and measuring the implications in terms of
security,
sustainability of the installation and the resistance to degradation.
• August - December 2003 - Construction supervised by RTE. The
towers have been repainted and equipped with stays who dressed them
from head to toe. Each
pylon is highlighted by monochrome lighting.
Artist:
Elena Paroucheva
Sponsor
and management:
RTE - Network Transmission of Electricity, France.
• Important actor
of Land Management whose network feeds throughout high and very high
voltage.
• Corporate Citizenship listening to the communities that
seeks to reconcile
public services and respect for the environment.
• RTE carries electricity between electricity suppliers
(French and European)
and consumers, whether they are electricity distributors (EDF and the
local
distribution) or eligible consumers - industrial sites directly
connected to
transport network . With 100 000 km of lines between 63 000 and 400 000
volts
and 44 cross-border lines, the network managed by RTE is the largest in
Europe.
RTE achieved a turnover of
3 657
million euros in 2002 and employs 8
000 people.
Recognitions:
•
Since 2006, the monumental
work "Source" has been included in "The European archives of urban
public space."
• It is recognized by the Ministry of Culture as an important
monument and
since 2008 it has been open to the public during the "European Heritage Days".
• Guided tours are organized by the Tourist Office of
Amneville in order to
present the artwork “Source” to the
visitors.
• In
2009, the
artwork
"Source" is laureate of the Competition
«
Science and Technology in European Art
» , organized by SUPELEC within the
framework of the French Presidency of the European Union.
•
The work is presented in many exhibitions, congresses, conferences in
France
and abroad.
• "Source" has been edited: books, calendars, postcards. It
has been
cited by many articles in the regional, national and international
press as
well as other media (TV, radio, internet ...)
Slideshow RTE
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"Source"- PDF file
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