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Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain

Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain in Duisburg, Germany: a steel rollercoaster track made of stairs, with a vertical loop, standing on a grassy hill as visitors climb it.
Artwork FileDuisburg · Germany

Tiger & Turtle – Magic Mountain

Seen17 Sep 2018

Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth · Duisburg

Photograph from the Street Art Utopia archive. Photo: Avda (CC BY-SA 3.0), 2018-09-17. Full framing retained; resized. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background. Share derivative uses the same licence.

Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth made a roller-coaster-shaped sculpture that visitors explore on foot. Tiger & Turtle rises above Angerpark in Duisburg, with lights following its twisting structure. Source Reported

Seen Sep 2018. Source Dates refer to the linked evidence, not a new on-site inspection.

💡 4 things to know

  1. Walk, rather than rideThe artists designed a walkable sculpture in the form of a roller coaster. Source Reported
  2. On a former industrial hillIts site is Heinrich-Hildebrand-Höhe in Angerpark. Source Reported
  3. Two opening datesThe official opening was 12 November 2011; public access followed the next day. Source Reported
  4. Lit after darkDuisburg’s tourism page describes 880 LEDs along the structure. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Heinrich-Hildebrand-Höhe, Angerpark, Ehinger Straße, Duisburg, Germany Source Reported

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201112 Nov

    Official opening recorded by the regional authority

  2. 201113 Nov

    Opened to the public · artists’ project record

  3. 201817 Sep

    Avda photographs the sculpture from the southwest

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✅ The facts

Artists
Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth Source Checked
Year
2011 Source Checked
Location
Heinrich-Hildebrand-Höhe, Angerpark, Duisburg Source Checked
Public opening
13 November 2011 Source Checked
Lighting
880 LEDs Source Checked
Dated photograph
17 September 2018, by Avda Source Checked

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Photograph from the Street Art Utopia archive. Photo: Avda (CC BY-SA 3.0), 2018-09-17. Full framing retained; resized. The share image uses the full photograph over a blurred background. Share derivative uses the same licence.

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