Meaning of Zeitpyramide | Babel Free

Definitions

An unfinished pyramid planned to consist of 120 solid concrete blocks. One block is placed every 10 years. The first block was placed in 1993 and the final block will be placed in 3183.

Examples

“They came to see the latest stage in the construction of the “Time Pyramid” (“Zeitpyramide”), a public artwork that Wemding’s citizens are assembling at a rate of one six-by-four-foot block every decade.”

“We can only speculate what Manfred Laber, the artist, had in mind. According to Barbara Schlecht, head of the Zeitpyramide trust, Mr. Laber was fully aware of the consequences of his design.”

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