Gormley | Another Place: One Hundred Iron People Standing in the Intertidal Zone

One hundred cast iron human figures, molded from the artist's own body, are scattered along three kilometers of beach and one kilometer out to sea, all standing facing the horizon, in the same posture, not interacting with each other. At high tide, the outer figures are submerged up to their chests or even completely, reappearing at low tide—the same artwork has two completely different appearances in one day. The cast iron surface is covered with barnacles, seaweed, and rust, with the degree of attachment varying for each figure depending on its elevation. The sky is cloudy gray, and the sea is lead gray. At low tide, photograph from a low angle on the beach, with the figures lined up in sequence towards the distance in the reflection of the wet sand. Avoid: figures facing the shore, adding pedestals to prevent submersion, cleaning the surface, arranging them concentrated in one area.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一百具以藝術家自己身體翻模的鑄鐵人形,沿著三公里的海灘與向海一公里的範圍散布,全部面向海平線站立,姿態相同、彼此不互動。漲潮時外側的人形被海水淹到胸口甚至完全沒入,退潮時再度現身——同一件作品一天有兩種完全不同的樣子。鑄鐵表面覆滿藤壺、海藻與鏽,每一具的附著程度依所在高程而不同。天空為多雲的灰,海為鉛灰色。退潮時從沙灘低角度拍攝,人形在濕沙的反光中依序排向遠方。避免:人形面向岸上、加設基座防止淹沒、表面清理乾淨、集中排列在同一區域。