Renowned artist, Christo, has just created “The Floating Piers”. The miraculous creation is a saffron-colored walkway stretching three kilometers connecting two small islands in Lake Iseo, in Italy’s Lombardy region, to each other and to the mainland. The walkway is constructed from 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubs that form a 53 feet spine. “It’s actually very painterly, like an abstract painting, but it will change all the time”, Christo said of his work. “The Floating Piers” is Christo’s first outdoor project since the 7,500 saffron-paneled Central Park gates in 2005 with his collaborator wife, Jeanne-Claude. Similar to his other environmental pieces, the walkway is about ‘the incredible chemistry of humans from all walks of life focusing on energy on something that does not exist to the point where it does’ he described. From June 25 through July 3, the floating pier is open and free to the public. The event will have lifeguards, monitor and information officers for the patrons’ safety. At the conclusion of the 16-day run, the walkway will be broken apart, recycled, and resold. “The important part of this project is the temporary part, the nomadic quality. The work needs to be gone, because I do not own the work, no one does. This is why it is free”, Christo beautifully articulated.