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Q: Where is Another Place?

The 100 figures stand along Crosby Beach near Liverpool, England, spread across 3 kilometers of coastline. The site is freely accessible. Figures extend from the shore into the sea.

Q: How many figures are in Another Place?

The installation comprises 100 cast iron figures, each made from a mold of Gormley's own body. They weigh 650 kg each and stand at varying depths along the beach.

Q: What happens to the figures at high tide?

The tides submerge many figures twice daily. Some stand on dry sand; others are chest-deep at high tide. The constant submersion has covered them in barnacles and seaweed, making each unique.

Q: Was Another Place meant to be permanent?

Originally planned as temporary, public demand made it permanent in 2007. The figures were initially installed in Germany, Belgium, and Norway before finding their permanent home at Crosby Beach.

British artist Antony Gormley created this Another Place in 1997, an installation of 100 cast iron figures spread across three kilometers of Crosby Beach near Liverpool, England. Each figure is a cast of the artist's own body, standing in the surf and sand facing the sea. The tides alternately reveal and submerge them.

The figures stand at various depths, some on dry sand, others submerged to their chests at high tide. Over the years, barnacles and seaweed have colonized the iron bodies, making each unique. Gormley describes them as "looking expectantly to the horizon," a meditation on migration, time, and humanity's relationship with nature.

Originally planned as a temporary installation, public demand led to its permanence in 2007. The figures now attract hundreds of thousands of visitors yearly. The changing tides, light, and weather transform the experience constantly. At low tide, visitors can walk among the entire field of figures; at high tide, only the most distant remain visible.

The 100 figures stand along Crosby Beach near Liverpool, England, spread across 3 kilometers of coastline. The site is freely accessible. Figures extend from the shore into the sea.

The installation comprises 100 cast iron figures, each made from a mold of Gormley's own body. They weigh 650 kg each and stand at varying depths along the beach.

The tides submerge many figures twice daily. Some stand on dry sand; others are chest-deep at high tide. The constant submersion has covered them in barnacles and seaweed, making each unique.

Originally planned as temporary, public demand made it permanent in 2007. The figures were initially installed in Germany, Belgium, and Norway before finding their permanent home at Crosby Beach.

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