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Antony Gormley 's ''Quantum Cloud'' was commissioned for a site next to the Millennium Dome in London . At 30 metres high, it is Gormley's tallest sculpture to date (taller than the '' Angel Of The North ''). It is constructed from a collection of tetrahedral units made from 1.5m long sections of steel. The steel section were arranged using a computer model with a Random Walk algorithm starting from points on the surface of an enlarged figure based on Gormley's body that forms a residual outline at the centre of the sculpture. The sculpture was completed in 1999 in time for the opening of the Millennium Dome. The idea for Quantum Cloud came from a comment about algebra made by Basil Hiley, quantum physicist (and long-time colleague of David Bohm) in which he said that "algebra is the relationship of relationships". The comment was made during a conversation between David Peat, Antony Gormley and Basil Hiley at a gathering of artists and scientists, in London in 1999, organized by writer David Peat. An interview with Antony Gormley can be seen at {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
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