Documented artwork / illuminated sculptural ensemble
Talking Continents
Credit as documented: Jaume Plensa
Talking Continents places six illuminated human figures around Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Commissioned by the city's Art in Public Places Commission in 2003, the ensemble represents the inhabited continents through a shared human form. Colored light links each elevated figure to a teak bench beneath it. The figures change at different rates, creating intervals of apparent agreement and separation that give the group a temporal relationship as well as a spatial one.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2003
- Materials
- polyester resin / fiberglass, stainless steel, wood, LED light
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Six elements, each 12 meters high; support poles described separately as 30 feet.
- Dimensions apply to
- Whole elements and supporting poles have different scopes; no numerical equivalence is asserted.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2003
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena plaza, Jacksonville, Florida
- Site
- Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
- City
- Jacksonville
- State / region
- FL
- Country
- United States
- Commissioner
- Art in Public Places Commission, City of Jacksonville
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Fiberglass figures contain LEDs; the artist also lists polyester resin, stainless steel and wood. Sensors start the individually programmed color cycles at dusk.
Presentation and site context
The arena terrace determined the figure level, allowing views from below and alongside. Benches connect the installation with the plaza's waiting and gathering spaces.
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- jaumeplensa.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17