The
artwork "Source"
is unique because of its concept and its dimensions.
It
is a monumental art installation on a High Voltage 225 000 volts of
transmission
line "Amnéville -
Montois" France. Four high-tension towers and 1.5 kilometers of
the line are transformed into works of art.
The artwork:
Sizes: 34 meters heigh, 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 225 000 voltes.
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: 17th February, 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.
• The 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" is 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 is open to the public on 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 « Science and Technology in Art
European
» Competition, 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
- PDF file
"Source"-
PDF file
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The website www.electric-art.eu introduce the creation of the artwork, its evolution, photographs, videos...
Photo pylons No. 10 and No. 11, aerial view - Tourist and Spa Center
in Amnéville les Thermes, France
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page video "Source"
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The Esplanade of the Tourist and Spa Center in
Amnéville les Thermes, France
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Pylon No. 13 of the transmission line
"Amnéville - Montois", France
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The artist Elena Paroucheva during the work
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See: www.electric-art.eu
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