Friday, September 16, 2016

66 tonnes of rainbow..



Visitors to Fremantle, city of artists, are now greeted by a fabulous new dynamic artwork sitting high in Beach Reserve overlooking the harbour. Described as 'big, bold and very Freo' it was created by Perth artist Marcus Canning and weighs in at 66 tonnes. The 9mt high 19 mt long 'rainbow' was constructed using recycled sea containers. If you would like to see the structural logistics of a project as weighty as this check it out here. It really is a photographers dream and I can see myself taking many more shots from different vantage points!  


Below in their original form sailing into the harbour :) Did this week slip by as quickly for you as it did for me ? Happy Friday, take care and stay safe...


33 comments:

  1. Very cool! And irresistible for photo ops!

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  2. Very stylish and colourful though I think I prefer the real thing meself.

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  3. Very creative and colourful. In the background of photo two reminds me of giraffes.

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  4. oooo I love this gigantic rainbow! What a great use for the old shipping containers.
    regarding the hip.... not too bad now, a bit twingey (is that a real word?) but I'm walking without a cane today, and I see the surgeon for the final visit next week. The secret to recovery is to do the excersises every day without fail!!!!!!

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  5. WOW I <3 this rainbow artwork...big and in my eye! Look forward to more photos of it :)

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  6. Checked out Fremantle and the constructing of the "Rainbow," couldn't get through to Marcus Canning...

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  7. Checked out Fremantle and the constructing of the "Rainbow," couldn't get through to Marcus Canning...

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  8. Oh I love that! Making light and colorful the burdens of workaday things!

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  9. This really is incredible. That took some engineering to put it all together. And, of course the colors are fantastic.

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  10. It looks very gay, in a happy sense and takes me back to school when I learnt about the keystone in arches.

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  11. Ah, at least this isn't an Hanjin container ship. I understand that company is in receivership.

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  12. What an amazing, creative achievement. Shipping containers never looked so good.

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  13. Looks like it's made of children's building blocks.
    Happy Friday!

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  14. Creative and totally my kind of thing. It does look like building blocks.

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  15. I've never seen anything like this.
    Wonderful colour and great for your photo's.

    Happy Friday and Happy Weekend too!

    All the best Jan

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  16. Fantastic! You must have drooled when you and your camera came across this!

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  17. Wow! wonderful bright colours Grace and perfect for photographing - the brightest rainbow I've ever seen

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  18. I wonder if same sex marriages could take place here? Hope so!

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  19. Simplesmente fantástico e muito bem imaginado.
    Um abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
    Andarilhar

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  20. Amazing creative and colourful, Grace !

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  21. Beautiful colors, impressive and added to the list, Grace :-)

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  22. Incredible! This is fun art. We have a place somewhat like this called, Franconia Sculpture Park, and if you're lucky on your visit you can meet and watch the artist live!

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  23. These ought to be on ships bringing me socks from China not on a beach spoiling the view.

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  24. Fabulous art work Grace! I haven't been to Fremantle for a few months and it seems I've been missing out on a few cool things. Have a lovely weekend!

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