{"id":8787,"date":"2023-01-21T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/?page_id=8787"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:46:49","slug":"pedestal-for-life-imagination-for-new-york-city-1993-reto-jeltsch-installation-of-thoughts-imagination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/pedestal-for-life-imagination-for-new-york-city-1993-reto-jeltsch-installation-of-thoughts-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visualize all matter in the environment like asphalt, concrete, steel, glass, metal, plastics, stone and wood in in a dull white &#8211; everything within your view covered with a thin coat of matte white paint, excluding plants and all other living things<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201e(Pedestal for) Life (Imagination for New York City)\u201c, 1993\/1994, Reto Jeltsch, installation of thoughts\/imagination<\/p>\n<p>The imagination is visualized at a height of 320 meters from the observation deck of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor area of this open space can be walked almost all around, allowing the imagination to be realized\/visualized in any direction of the compass; however, the recommended location would be on the parapet on the south side of the tower, which provides a view in direction of downtown and the southern tip of Manhattan<\/p>\n<p>Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ch\/maps\/place\/Empire+State+Building\/@40.7484445,-73.9878584,17z\/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8b398fecd1aea119:0x76fa1e3ac5a94c70!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c259a9b3117469:0xd134e199a405a163!8m2!3d40.7484405!4d-73.9856644\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Empire State Building<\/a>, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY\/Observation deck, 86th floor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/pedestal-for-life-artwork-history-background-information\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artwork history \/ background information<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/imaginations\/\"><<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Visualize all matter in the environment like asphalt, concrete, steel, glass, metal, plastics, stone and wood in in a dull white &#8211; everything within your view covered with a thin coat of matte white paint, excluding plants and all other living things &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0 \u201e(Pedestal for) Life (Imagination &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/pedestal-for-life-imagination-for-new-york-city-1993-reto-jeltsch-installation-of-thoughts-imagination\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8787"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42581,"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8787\/revisions\/42581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeltsch.eu\/webblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}