Italy - Artist Christo creates floating pier on lake | Editor's Pick | 7 June 16 

Christo pays for each project himself by selling prints & paintings of the art. It is free to anyone to experience. Each project has multiple social, economic & political aspects. Most projects require getting groups to agree that had never agreed on anything in order for the work to take place. The pieces take decades of patience and meetings to get the permissions and agreements, and Christo considers that process and all the people involved to be part of the art, not just the physical transient objects. The projects bring many jobs to the areas, and an unusual experience & discussion of art to the people who live there. The discussion is part of the art, as is your reaction. Everything is recycled and then returned to as it was.

Kinda reminds me of Marco Evaristti when he made that ice glacier pink. Weird stuff

что это за дорога?из чего она сделана?какой материал?

May I know how much the artist is paid for this? And who pays? I love art in nature, I love his concept of the planet itself as his canvas. I love his use of orange or saffron. I love the Buddhist view that once art is made, like the Mandala, it is dismantled or erased. It is supposed to be about humility and the impermanence of things. But Christo does not dismantle it...he sells it. He is not any different than many Westerners who want huge amounts of money for huge projects...lot of which is about owning, selling and showing off. How many people can come to this small picturesque town to see and experience his art? Only the very rich who will take photos and videos and talk incessantly about their unique experience. And someone will write a book on it ten years later about his once in a lifetime experience with Christo's art. And Christo makes fun of computers, but the engineering that went into lot of his work is wonderful including the German company that make the saffron cover for the pier using some unique materials that can wrap, stay in water and shift colors with the sun. That all requires engineering and use of computers to develop. The real artists are the engineers, Christo is just a designer and a choreographer And he is arrogant. Playing with saffron has not taught him anything. May I suggest he contribute some of this to poor people, poor artists and wonderful monasteries on mountains and lakes that are truly spiritual. And let him do his work in the slums of the world to give poor people hope, a sense of creativity and beauty around them....not just mega stuff for rich people to pass time.

What a waste...