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 On
the 13th of November,
the city ofDuisburg, Germany was
happy to welcome its newest sculpture and attraction – one of the
biggest in the country – Tiger and
Turtle.
It took only 8
weeks for German
artists Heike
Mutter and Ulrich
Genth to complete
this roller-coaster-like landmark on the highest
peak of the park-like zone, in
south Duisburg. Visitors are encouraged
to climb their way by foot and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the
Western Ruhr at the peak point of the sculpture (45
meters above ground level). The
masterpiece of engineering has a 44 x 37
meters base
and a construction
heightof 21
meters with stairways going along a
three-dimensional contour, creating points impossible to walk
to.
  The
whole structure was built out
of steeland zinc as
a symbol of connection to the heritage
of Duisburg – the
present location of the roller-coaster sculpture used to be a place
for producing zinc while the city being a big steel
manufacturer.
The name of the sculpture – Tiger
&
Turtle - Mutter and Genth wanted
to represent through it the acceleration of a tiger, through its
dynamic shape, along with the slow movement of a turtle as visitors
will experience a step by step walk. Turtle and
Tiger is also open to visitors at night time, led-lights are
integrated within the handrails, highlighting the flight of
stairs.
   
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