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'Thames Stone'
by Ekkehard Altenburger
waterspace intervention
Chelsea, London
2006 – ongoing
CLIENT:St James Group Ltd
Ekkehard Altenburger has been appointed to work in collaboration with Shepherd Robson & Arup Associates on an intervention within the waterspace adjacent to the dock.
The work will visualise the flow of the river Thames. Sited to the south of the waterspace will be the 'Thames Stone', a large raised granite section, eight metres in length. Ekkehard will hand carve the profile of the River Thames as it makes its course through London.
Water will be pumped into the round well at the southern point of the sculpture, then run through the carved relief to the north - to the point of the 'estuary'. The water will then fall from the edge of the stone into the vast expanse of the waterspace, creating the illusion that this trickling flow is feeding the entire pool.
At the centre of the waterspace, a circular 'negative fall' of water, over 2m in diameter, will give the impression that the water is rushing into a bottomless void.
The work will visualise the flow of the river Thames. Sited to the south of the waterspace will be the 'Thames Stone', a large raised granite section, eight metres in length. Ekkehard will hand carve the profile of the River Thames as it makes its course through London.
Water will be pumped into the round well at the southern point of the sculpture, then run through the carved relief to the north - to the point of the 'estuary'. The water will then fall from the edge of the stone into the vast expanse of the waterspace, creating the illusion that this trickling flow is feeding the entire pool.
At the centre of the waterspace, a circular 'negative fall' of water, over 2m in diameter, will give the impression that the water is rushing into a bottomless void.