brug - bridge
From a draw-bridge only the two abutments remain. The distance between them is 12 meters. In the concrete massifs are the rails of a former railway-line.
At both abutments I have driven two wooden pegs into the ground at the beginning of the rails. At side A I have attached a nylon rope to each peg. These ropes run along the rails of abutment B at the beginning of the rails. In about ten minutes I move to the brink of abutment B.
Besides the ropes are gradually drawn out of the water.
Their lengths have been measured such that when I am hanging in the ropes with my full weight at an angle of 45°, these ropes are tightened and connect both railway tracks to one line.
year | 1981 |
location | Leeuwarden NL |
curator | Juliius Wijffels |
photography | Gerard Groenewoud |
project or event | Situations, organized by Julius Wijffels Gallery |