Artist Nayan Kulkarni has taken the rotor blade that would normally be at the top of a wind turbine to create the artwork known as ‘Blade’, which is situated in Queen Victoria Square.
B75 rotor blades are the world’s largest handmade fibreglass components to be cast as a single object and the one that has been placed in the centre of Hull is one of the first to be made by workers at the Siemens factory.
The artwork has been installed as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and is the first in a series of major art commissions that will be installed in public spaces as part of the Look Up programme. Blade will remain in Queen Victoria Square until 18 March.
Siemens UK chief executive Juergen Maier said: "We’re hugely excited to have worked with Nayan Kulkarni and the City of Culture team on this dramatic, unique installation.
“Blade brings to life the engineering and manufacturing excellence of which we are so proud and makes it tangible for the people of Hull and visitors to the city.”
Nayan Kulkarni, added: “The whole team at Siemens has been amazing. Whenever they’ve been asked to do something or enable something, they have said yes. I think the project is extraordinary. It’s an astonishing challenge to move something of this size into the city centre.”
