An artist created a giant waterfall tower in the gardens of Versailles
The waterfall is the most obvious (and stunning) feature of Eliasson's installation, rising up from the Grand Canal.
When viewed from the palace, the water seems to just pour out of the sky.
"This waterfall reinvigorates the engineering ingenuity of the past," Eliasson explained in a press statement. "It is as constructed as the court was, and I’ve left the construction open for all to see—a seemingly foreign element that expands the scope of human imagination.”
Eliasson says the waterfall was in part inspired by an unrealized idea that André Le Nôtre, the landscape architect who designed the gardens in the first place, had for the Grand Canal.
The waterfall isn't the only part of the installation.
Fog assembly" also rests on palace grounds. Eliasson said he was using fog and water in the gardens to "amplify the feelings of impermanence and transformation.
There are many pieces inside of the palace too. This is called "Deep mirror (yellow)."
Your sense of unity," located in the famous Hall of Mirrors, uses mirrors to create "subtle spatial interventions.
Eliasson's art will be up until October 30.
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