RA Magazine Autumn 2013

Issue Number: 120

Richard Wilson’s fly by

_{A CGI of Slipstream, by Richard Wilson RA, for Heathrow’s Terminal 2, opening in June, 2014.} Ever the experimenter, Richard Wilson RA is currently working on an ambitious sculpture for the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport, due to open in 2014. Wilson’s aluminium work Slipstream visualises the flight path of a plane and its patterns of air turbulence. Parts of the 77-tonne sculpture have already been cast, and they will be installed over a three-month period before the sculpture is unveiled in June.

This is one of two projects Wilson is working on – the other is at the Pool of London. Employing whistles, bells, horns and sirens from an armada of sail, steam and diesel vessels, Wilson has created
a concerto titled 1510: A Ships’ Opera as a spectacular climax to the Thames Festival (14 Sep). - Eleanor Mills

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