Le Temps Imparti - Le Mans - France - Hourglass on Waymarking.com

Texte provenant de : (visit link) "L'œuvre monumentale de Jean-Bernard Métais renforce la vocation culturelle de cet espace situé à l'arrière du Musée de Tessé.
En juin 2009, un sablier géant, immense cube de métal et de verre tout en transparences, œuvre du sculpteur Jean-Bernard Métais, a trouvé sa place au cœur du bassin du Jardin de Tessé, au Mans, sur un dallage qui semble flotter à la surface de l'eau. C'est une seconde vie pour "Temps imparti éclipse", d'abord installée au Jardin des plantes de Paris, auprès du muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, à l'occasion de l'éclipse de l'été 1999. Le Mans, en lice avec d'autres grandes villes européennes, avait pu l'acquérir à l'issue d'un peu plus de deux années d'exposition. Les 40 tonnes de sable s'écoulent d'une hauteur de trois mètres via 160 ouvertures actionnées indépendamment par ordinateur. Ce sable, blanc et extrêmement fin, est remonté tous les six mois, au moment des solstices."

Text taken and translated from: (visit link) "Jean-Bernard Métais's monumental work reinforces the cultural vocation of this space located at the back of the Museum of Tessé.
In June 2009, a giant hourglass, a huge glass and transparent cube made of sculptor Jean-Bernard Meté, was found in the heart of the Jardin de Tessé basin in Le Mans, on a pavement that seems to float in The surface of the water. It is a second life for "Time Offset Eclipse", first installed at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, near the National Museum of Natural History, on the occasion of the eclipse of the summer of 1999. Le Mans, In competition with other major European cities, had been able to acquire it after a little more than two years of exposure. The 40 tons of sand flow from a height of three meters via 160 openings operated independently by computer. This sand, white and extremely fine, has gone up every six months, at the time of the solstices. "

What type of hourglass is it?: Hourglass Is this hourglass accessible 24/7?: no If the hourglass is not accessible 24/7, open hours for the location of the hourglass: Du 16 mars au 15 mai de 9h à 18h50 - Du 16 mai au 15 septembre de 9h à 19h50 - du 16 septembre au 15 novembre de 9 à 18h50 - du 16 novembre au 15 mars de 9h à 17h50 From 16 March to 15 May from 9 am to 6.50 pm - From 16 May to 15 September from 9 am to 7.50 pm - from 16 September to 15 November from 9 am to 6.50 pm - from 16 November to 15 March from 9 am to 5.50 pm

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