Rise also called the Balls on the Falls and the Belfast Ball is a concept £400000 public art spherical metal sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress 37.5 metres (123ft) high and 30 metres (98.4ft) wide to be constructed in 2009 in the centre of the Broadway roundabout, at the junction of the Westlink and M1 motorway, a main gateway to the city where 500000 cars a week will flow past it.
It will be visible for miles around the city. The area is currently a...
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Rise also called the Balls on the Falls and the Belfast Ball is a concept £400000 public art spherical metal sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress 37.5 metres (123ft) high and 30 metres (98.4ft) wide to be constructed in 2009 in the centre of the Broadway roundabout, at the junction of the Westlink and M1 motorway, a main gateway to the city where 500000 cars a week will flow past it.
It will be visible for miles around the city. The area is currently a huge building site as a multi-million road improvement programme nears completion.
It will be the biggest public art sculpture in Belfast.
Work on Rise begin in August 2009 and will end in October 2009.
The globe shaped white and silver aluminium sculpture is a representation of a new sun rising to celebrate a new chapter in the history of Belfast.
The sculptor will be encouraging input from local people living near the landmark sculpture. He will be holding creative workshops with groups from the Greater Village and St James` areas of...
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