In Praise of the Horizon

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, 1990. Concrete.The Elogio del Horizonte is conceived from a small-format model, which has been “growing” until it has reached; 10 meters high and weighing 500 tons. It is made of reinforced concrete, on the site itself, the Cerro de Santa Catalina, from two pillars that act as supports for an open ellipse. With its welcoming arms and its solid and, at the same time, light body, the Elogio seems to want to take flight. A ship of air and seas in which to travel with the imagination. Bare walls, cold only in appearance. The sky is the roof of this common house, inside which the music of the wind sounds. The Praise of the Horizon is also the praise of nature, on the promontory where twenty centuries ago a people put down roots and chose the limits of their home.