The Fearless Girl is a custom bronze sculpture and a representation of female empowerment worldwide. The 4-foot high statue was commissioned by State Street Global Advisors and produced by Kristen Visbal, debuting on March 7, 2017 and is currently positioned across from the New York Stock Exchange.
Originally, the sculpture was an endorsement for a new Exchange Traded Fund with a focus on gender diverse companies but has since become a fixture for equality across the corporate landscape. As such, the SSGA and advertising firm McCann designed and commissioned Broken Ceiling, a single day exhibit signifying the ceilings, barriers and obstacles that women continue to shatter on a daily basis.
“An installation is clearly worth a thousand words: State Street Global Advisors just installed a broken glass ceiling surrounding Fearless Girl—the statue that has come to define Wall Street in recent years— to celebrate both her fourth anniversary and International Women's Day,” says Anna Ben Yehuda, writing for TimeOut New York.
CREATING THE PROJECT
The custom glass project was commissioned by McCann and fabricated by AGNORA. The complex project consisted of approximately 250 unique glass “shards” that were cut and expertly finished to a diamond high polish, using 12-millimeter annealed clear glass provided by Pilkington.
Many pieces were then UV glued to form an elevated glass structure that provided the unique look of glass crashing to the ground.
A huge amount of prep work and design optimization went into this project,” says Shari Robinson, vice president of sales and marketing at AGNORA. “Additionally, our production team had to work with many pieces of uniquely shaped glass. From cutting to polishing and custom crating, the project was an exercise in precision and meticulous planning. Our entire team really put together something special.”
The project was installed by The New Motor. The design engineer was Sophie Pennetier.
