Colossal: Although major construction on Andy Scott’s imposing ‘Kelpies’ sculptures near Falkirk, Scotland ended last November, this new timelapse from the Helix captures the enormity of the project in vivid detail. The gargantuan horse head sculptures completely dominate an otherwise flat landscape over the Forth & Clyde canal and promise to be a major attraction when they open to the public on April 21.
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The time lapse and project is very beautiful. In the middle of the construction process, I was a little skeptical, as the wireframes looked more like slugs coming out of the ground than horses. Once the facial features and exterior plates were added, their extra definition really transformed the structures. I am curious why Andy Scott decided to add solid panels at the base of the horses. I am also curious how horses relate to the local culture and history and why the location was chosen. The horses definitely stick out of the environment and will be visible from a quite a distance. It is really cool to see a curved and dynamic form made out of a material we generally think of as flat or straight.
This time lapse is both fascinating and beautiful. Seeing a project of that magnitude come together is an awesome sight to see. Not only is the finished product amazing, watching the build process is cool. Seeing the sculptures evolve over the course of the build is really interesting. At any point, they could have turned into any number of different final shapes. Seeing the panels being put into place and the sculptures taking their final shape was probably the most interesting part of the whole build. The only opportunity that I think Scott missed out on was partnering with a lighting designer to make the installation more interesting at night. During the day the way the sun plays off of the panels is enough, but the gaps in the panels could have provided some awesome possibilities for lighting them from the inside.
It's a very pretty sculpture, although the surrounding area is quite ugly. It's amazing to me that people are willing to pay for sculptures like that to be installed, because I can't imagine two giant steel horse heads are cheap! It's also really impressive to see the command over the steel; the way they can get such large chunks to take such organic shapes.
I watched this video a few weeks ago. At first I was very impressed, but looking back again I'm a little less impressed. Sure everyone loves time lapse, but in this case I think it doesn't do the sculpture justice. Sure the images do a great job of making the sculpture look good, but they don't tell us anything meaningful about the way it was created. That might sound a little silly because most of the video is time lapse of the construction site, but I think that is only part of the story. I would have been really interested to know how the sculpture was designed, both from a artistic point of view and a technical point of view. From what I saw almost ever part of these giant horses is custom built. How did they do all of that stuff. Putting together the parts may look cool when we speed it up, but how the parts were designed is a far more interesting story.
Wow! Wow... That is a really really neat video of a really cool project. The scale of the horse heads is unbelievable, they are so large compared to the surrounding landscape! The two large statues, slightly offset from each other, seems to suggest a modern recreation of the Colossi of Memnon. Also like the Colossi, the heads seem to be in otherwise underdeveloped areas on the outskirts of town. I would like to learn more about the installation, it's funding, and where exactly it is. It would be pretty neat to see in person.
Wow, not only are the sculptures magnificent, but the image capture system is really cool. Whatever they used, the Helix, is really interesting. It gives that appearance movie like motion with still objects, while still being a still image compilation. The effect of the moving camera with the sped up sky is really moving.
I really love time-lapses because they show give you a new outlook on time and how things look over a long span of time; not to mention that these sculptures are beautiful and magnificent in themselves. The sun rising and setting and the colors and shadows that were created really captured a sense of beauty that is much different at any other time of day. I love the design and the almost and perforations that the artists designed into the sculpture. It works so well with the space and light of the area. overall a very inspiring piece that is beautifully highlighted with this time-lapse.
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