Thursday, 18 April 2013

Next time you're at St Pancras, make sure you look up...

'Cloud: Meteoros' suspended high above St Pancreas International 

A giant 15 metre cloud installation was unveiled today at St Pancras station. The work was created by husband and wife Lucy and Jorge Orta and can be seen floating in the stations iconic architectural roof space above commuters bustling through the station's Grand Terrace. 

'Cloud: Meteoros' is the first artwork in a series of 'Terrace Wires' pieces commissioned by HS1 Ltd for the space which was home to the Olympic rings last summer. A variety of metal figures dance on top of the clouds making viewers stop to try and work out what they are doing.  


Meteoros has a double meaning - 'in the midst of/lofty/hanging/suspended' while also referring to 'an atmospheric phenomenon, a cloud.' The result is a suspended meeting place, an intermediary between two worlds, reality and the imaginary, heaven and earth, lightness and gravity. 

The installation will be in place until the end of 2013 so next time you're passing through, make sure you remember to stop and look up - without missing your train!

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