From the ground, it looks like any other ploughed field, boggy in parts from recent rain. But viewed from the air and you can truly appreciate this masterpiece titled "Wish". It shows the face of an anonymous six year old Belfast girl, supposedly, "making a wish for the future ". Although how you can tell by looking into the face of this starlet I'm unsure. I was always under the assumption that you had to close your eyes to make a wish :D
Joking aside, it is an impressive piece of artwork by Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada. Made up from 2,000 metric tons of sand, 2,000 metric tons of soil & approximately 30,000 wooden pegs, it stretches out across 11 acres of vacant land right next to the Titanic Belfast Museum in the Titanic Quarter of the city.
"WISH" by artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada
Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"Wish" land art viewed from above [Photo Credit Business Insider] |
Land Art - "Wish" [Photo Credit: Business Insider] |
Land Art by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada with Harland & Wolff Crane in the background [Photo Credit: ArrestedMotion] |