Antipodes, Outdoor sculpture at Hirshhorn Museum, United States.
The sculpture consists of two curved copper panels with punched letters mounted on petrified wood using steel bands at the Hirshhorn Museum entrance.
Created by Jim Sanborn in 1997, this larger version replaced a smaller 1992 sculpture after a trade arrangement with the Neuberger Museum of Art.
The copper panels display encoded messages in English and Cyrillic text, referencing CIA and KGB operations from the Cold War period.
Visitors can examine the 240-centimeter-tall sculpture during regular museum hours, with detailed information available at the museum information desk.
The English text panel replicates the unsolved fourth section of the Kryptos installation, while the Cyrillic side incorporates elements from Sanborn's Cyrillic Projector.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Inception: 1997
Creator: Jim Sanborn
Official opening: 1997
GPS coordinates: 38.88796,-77.02256
Latest update: November 2, 2025 19:22
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