Cityscape by Arne Quinze

For the duration of a year the suburban quarter of Brussels, Quartier Louise, will play host to a vast wooden sculpture by Belgian artist Arne Quinze. For anyone who remembers UCHRONIA, by Quinze, in the less accessible destination of the Nevada desert last year, you'll be familiar with the precarious oversized matchstick quality of his work, which we admire.

Sponsored by MINI, CITYSCAPE will be built on 12-metre high wooden stilts, encouraging people to walk through and under the wooden body of the structure, experiencing the changing light effect as the sun moves through the latticed wood. As part of a wider social initiative, Quinze intends to open up the suburbs to Brussels' city centre inhabitants.

Speaking about the sculpture, Quinze explains, 'It resembles a frozen movement, speed caught in time. It is a powerful means of communication – if you look at it from a distance, pure movement seems to keep the volatile structure in the air, whilst its immense size (40m x 25m) absorbs you.' And for anyone worried about the wood used to build CITYSCAPE, the design house assures us that everything will be fully regenerated and recycled.

24 August 2007 | Art