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Art
Heureka (1963/1964)
Steel H: 6600mm
Jean Tinguely - Switzerland
Kindly loaned by the city of Zurich in
association with
the Swiss Federal Government, Swiss National Tourist Office and
Swiss Industries Fair
Photograph courtesy of the McGreevy
Collection
'Heureka'
was
one of three monumental works that greeted visitors
to the Expo at the Melbourne Street Gate - the main
entrance to the Expo. The work preceding 'Heureka'
was 'Forme del Mito', by Arnaldo Pomodoro, now
acquired by Brisbane City Council and located at
Upper Edward Street, and 'Continuous Division', by
Graham Johns (located in the background in this
image), which is now located at the Roma Street
Parklands, Brisbane.
The Melbourne Street Gate is also remembered for
it's white archways - which were beautifully lit at
night - (partly visible in the image), as well as
the restored heritage QR (Queensland Rail)
CityTrain network - 'South Brisbane - Expo' Station
- located at the right of this image - where
visitors could easily alight for the Melbourne
Street Gate.
Visitors to the Expo were highly recommended to
leave their cars at home and 'Go Easy to Expo' by
train, bus, ferry, hovercraft, seaplane, helicopter,
rickshaw, or by foot!
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