Focus on this artwork and discuss the History.
The construction of Life Electric started in September 2014, with an estimated cost of  €599,926.07. The project, reviewed by the architect and engineer Antonio Gianmarco Martorana Capsoni, and validated by the "Mercury Engineering" company SpA, was entirely donated to the municipality by Libeskind Design and Daniel Libeskind.  Money for the construction work that helped to improve the resistance of the pier, and construction of the statue itself, was donated by Gli Amici Di Como. The initial intention was to complete the project by 1 May 2015, the same day as the inauguration of Expo 2015, but, after 119 additional days of work, the project was finally completed in August 2015.  There had been nineteen days of delay due to bad weather, and twenty-five days for a summer break in August. The inauguration took place on 2 October 2015, and was attended by the mayor of Como, Daniel Libeskind with his family and Luigi Martino Volta, the nephew of Alessandro Volta and Nastassja Kinski; the event was held in the Yacht Club of Como with a buffet, a toast and the presentation of a new ice-cream flavor, named Life Electric, created by a local artisan ice cream shop. Afterwards, the ceremony moved to the hangar of the Aereo Club of Como.
Expo 2015 Alessandro Volta Nastassja Kinski Como Daniel Libeskind architect