In Chicago's still relatively new Millennium Park, sits one of the coolest pieces of public art I've ever seen: The Cloud Gate.
This 110-ton elipitical dome with 12-feet arches on two sides leading to an inner chamber is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. Designed with liquid mercury as an inspriation, the structure is forged from a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates. These plates reflect the city's skyline from a myriad of angles, not to mention the clouds, sun and sky above the park.
The inside of this 33-feet tall, 66-feet wide structure is concave...you can climb underneath and peer up inside of it. And when you do, you feel as if you have fallen down into a some strange sort of Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole and when you look up, you see yourself at the top, looking back down upon you.
And...down on the lower portions of it, you can attempt to give yourself a high five, as Evan so deftly demonstrates below.
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Evan wants blog readers to know that he isn't high fiving. He is dunking.
Locals call it "The Bean" -- was supposed to be ready for the millennium (along with the park). The park (and the bean) were 4 years late and $400 million over budget.
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