Iyini i-"Bean" eChicago?
Context:I-Cloud Gate isithombe somphakathi esenziwe ngumculi waseBrithani owazalelwa eNdiya u-Anish Kapoor, okuyisikhungo se-AT & T Plaza eMillennium Park endaweni yomphakathi waseLoop eChicago, e-Illinois. Lesi sithombe kanye ne-AT & T Plaza zitholakala phezulu kwePark Grill, phakathi kweChase Promenade kanye neMcCormick Tribune Plaza ne-Ice Rink. Yakhiwa phakathi kuka-2004 no-2006, lesi sithombe saqanjwa ngokuthi "The Bean" ngenxa yesimo saso, igama uKapoor angazange alithande ekuqaleni, kodwa kamuva walithanda. Yakhiwe ngamapuleti ensimbi angenasici angu - 168 ahlanganiswe ndawonye, ingaphandle layo elipholishiwe kakhulu alinayo imifantu ebonakalayo. Ulinganisela amamitha angu - 10 x 20 x 13, futhi unesisindo esingamathani angu - 110 (100 t; 98 long tons).  Umklamo kaKapoor waphefumulelwa yi-mercury ewuketshezi futhi ubuso besithombe bubonisa futhi buhlanekezela isibhakabhaka sedolobha. Izivakashi ziyakwazi ukuzungeza futhi zingene ngaphansi kwe-Cloud Gate's 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. Ngezansi kukhona i-"omphalos" (isiGreki esisho "umphimbo"), igumbi elingenalutho eligoqa futhi likhulise ukubonakaliswa. Lesi sithombe sakha phezu kwezingqikithi eziningi zobuciko bukaKapoor, futhi sithandwa kakhulu izivakashi njengethuba lokuthatha izithombe ngenxa yezakhiwo zaso eziyingqayizivele ezibonisa ukukhanya.
"Ibhontshisi" igama lesidlaliso lesithombe somphakathi esifakwe eMillennium Park eChicago phakathi kuka-2004 no-2006. Igama elisemthethweni lalesi sithombe lithi "Cloud Gate". Lesi sithombe sibukeka njengoketshezi, sinobuso obucwebezelayo futhi akukho ukuthungwa okubonakalayo. Umklamo wayo wawuphefumulelwe yi-mercury ewuketshezi futhi indawo yayo ekhanyayo iyithuba elidumile lokuthatha izithombe zezivakashi ezivakashile.