Eye Opener

Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour is normally a busy channel for passing ships, ferries and even the odd superyacht – but giant inflatable. Weighing 40 tons, partly owing to the steel pontoon it was fixed to, the inflatable sculpture is pictured here being gently lowered into the sea at a shipyard in Tsing Yi. The 121ft dangles above the water, its arms outstretched in a relaxed repose that was an important part of Kaws’ vision. “I was thinking of all the tension in the world, and I wanted to create work that would make people think about relaxing,” Kaws says. “And there’s nothing more relaxing than lying on your back in water and looking up at the sky.”