Storm Ashley’s “extreme” gusts caused a big moon facsimile that was placed on a historic river in a Somerset town to deflate.
According to Bridgwater Town Council, Bristol-based artist Luke Jerram’s “Fallen Moon” installation has “captivated” and attracted over 10,000 visitors to Bridgwater Docks since its Tuesday unveiling.
However, on Sunday, the council bemoaned that the installation might have ended prematurely after having “clearly brought joy and astonishment to so many” in the days since it opened.
In a statement, the council said: “We regret to notify the public that due to an unexpected and tough electrical and technical breakdown, which is now made worse by the strong weather, especially winds, Luke Jerram’s ‘Fallen Moon’ exhibit.
We must be realistic about the difficulties of this installation, and even if we will look at various options over the course of the next 48 hours, it [may be that] the project is finished in its current form. As further information becomes available, it will be shared.
The illuminated sculpture, a “technically challenging” duplicate that is 350,000 times smaller than the actual moon and has a diameter of 10 meters, was made using NASA data. The lunar landscape is represented by 3.5 km per centimetre.
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