Rise (sculpture)
RISE (also unofficially called the Balls on the Falls, Belfast Ball, The Westicle and Broadway Junction Art Piece), is a concept £400,000 public art spherical metal sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress 37.5 metres (123 ft) high and 30 metres (98.4 ft) wide to be constructed early 2011 in the centre of the Broadway roundabout, at the junction of the Westlink and M1 motorway, a main gateway to the city where 500000 cars a week will flow past it.
RISE is visible for miles around the city. The area is part of a multi-million pound road improvement programme. It is the biggest public art sculpture in Belfast. Work on Rise was due to begin in August 2009 and end in October 2009, however due to delays the completion date was changed to March 2011. It was finally completed in September 2011, nearly two years behind the original schedule. When completed it became Belfast's largest public artwork.
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