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Flying Pins Sculpture

Flying Pins Sculpture

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Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

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1. Flying Pins Sculpture – John Cleese Silly Walks Tunnel loop from Eindhoven

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2. Path Along the Dommel – Genneper Watermill loop from Eindhoven Centraal

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3. Path Along the Dommel – Genneper Watermill loop from Blaarthem

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

March 22, 2024

The bright yellow cones are a work of art called 'Flying Pins'.

It was designed by the sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen and unveiled on May 31, 2000.

It is a representation of a bowling ball with ten pins flying away. The artists saw a bowling alley in Kennedylaan and that is how they came up with the idea. In the artists' vision, the dynamics of the sinking bowling ball with the flying and sinking pins fits well with this busy point in Eindhoven. The yellow color of the cones was chosen by Van Bruggen and refers to the yellow daffodils that brighten up Kennedylaan every spring.

The highest point of the artwork is approximately 8.5 meters. The ball has a diameter of approximately 6.7 meters. The statue is made of steel and reinforced plastic with a polyester-polyurethane coating.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

March 22, 2024

In 2000, Eindhoven received a new work of art, this time in the open air: The Flying pins. The Flying pins is a colorful work of art, perfect for those who want to admire art and sights in Eindhoven in the fresh air.

The flying pins are easily accessible because they are located opposite Eindhoven Central Station. The pins are at the head of John F. Kennedylaan, diagonally opposite the station. You can walk to the flying cones in less than 10 minutes.

Like other sights in Eindhoven, The Flying pins have their own special meaning. This artwork was created by two Dutch artists; Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The Flying pins is one of their first works of art to be unveiled in the open air. Because of its length, they saw Kennedylaan as a bowling alley. The name is derived from the idea of bowling, where the pins have to be knocked over by the ball.

The color of the flying pins also has its own special meaning. The color yellow represents the many daffodils that grow on Kennedylaan every spring. The color yellow also radiates energy and inspiration, which ties in with the industrial and technological side of the city. And the color yellow should give brightness to the students of the Eindhoven University of Technology, which is located right next to this special attraction in Eindhoven.

So if you are an art lover, walk past this work of art. It costs nothing and they can be viewed 365 days a year.

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January 6, 2022

Meters high cones and a bowling ball. Artwork.

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Location: Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands

Flying Pins Sculpture

1. Flying Pins Sculpture – John Cleese Silly Walks Tunnel loop from Eindhoven

2. Path Along the Dommel – Genneper Watermill loop from Eindhoven Centraal

3. Path Along the Dommel – Genneper Watermill loop from Blaarthem

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