The Chicago National Veteran’s Art Museum has an unusual work of art.
When visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like wind chimes coming from above them and their attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling of the two-story high atrium.
芝加哥全國退伍軍人的藝術博物館有一個不尋常的藝術作品。
當參觀者進入博物館,他們會聽到風的聲音像是風鈴來自他們之上,他們的注意力將被吸引到天花板的兩層高的中庭向上24英尺。
Dog tags of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War hang from the ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago on Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The 10-by-40-foot sculpture, entitled Above & Beyond, was designed by Ned Broderick and Richard Stein.
狗標籤的超過58,000服務的男性和女性誰死在越南戰爭中掛從天花板國家越戰老兵在芝加哥藝術博物館於2010年11月11日退伍軍人節。 10×40英尺的雕塑,題為&Beyond的,目的是由Ned Broderick和理查德·斯坦因。
The tens of thousands of metal dog tags are suspended 24 feet in the air, one-inch apart, from fine lines that allow them to move and chime with shifting air currents. Museum employees using a kiosk and laser pointer help visitors locate the exact dog tag with the imprinted name of their lost friend or relative.
If it weren't for the United States military, there'd be NO United States of America .
在空氣中,金屬狗牌數千數万暫停24英尺一英寸,細紋,讓他們轉移氣流移動和鐘聲。博物館員工使用一個售貨亭和激光指示器幫助遊客找到確切的狗標籤印跡他們失去朋友或親戚的名字。
如果它不是為美國的軍人,還會有沒有美國?