Rio 2016 Cauldron complemented by kinetic sculpture. Anthony Howe
11/08/2016.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games [Rio de Janeiro] Brazil
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Anthony Howe designed the cauldron for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Howe is a kinetic wind sculptor from Orcas Island, Washington, USA.
The Olympic Cauldron is lit alongside a sculpture by Anthony Howe at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium. Courtesy of Christian Petersen/Getty Images.
The Olympic Cauldron is lit alongside a sculpture by Anthony Howe at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium. Courtesy of Christian Petersen/Getty Images.
The Olympic Cauldron Photograph by Morry Gash/Pool/Getty Images
Rio 2016 Cauldron complemented by kinetic sculpture. Photograph @ Filipe Costa
American kinetic wind sculptor, Anthony Howe, kicking off the Rio 2016 Olympics in dramatic fashion with one-of-a-kind Olympic cauldron.
More than 78,000 Olympic athletes, spectators and dignitaries from around the world filled Rio de Janeiro's famed Maracanã Stadium to celebrate the start of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. As the Opening Ceremonies concludes, those in attendance, along with billions of viewers around the globe, focused their attention on the lighting of the Olympic cauldron, commissioned by world-renowned kinetic wind sculptor and Orcas Island, Washington resident, Anthony Howe.
Once ignited, the flame rose gently above the crowd, rising to meet Howe’s two-ton behemoth, a massive metal and glass piece measuring 40 feet in diameter. (The cauldron itself is actually quite small compared to those lit in recent Olympics—reportedly to make it more energy efficient a part of these Games’ anti-global warming message.) Howe also created a smaller sculpture for a second flame, lit outside the Candelaria Church downtown.
