Venice, Palazzo Fortuny, ground floor
15 December 2007 - 17 February 2008
Laid out on the ground floor of Palazzo Fortuny, these thirtyfive site specific works by master glass-blowers from Murano are organised within a fluctuating system of sounds to form a large installation that explores the themes of light and water.
Suspended luminescence, they bring synthetic materials and silicones together with light, LED and fibre optics. They are introduced by Ganxi, a large, illuminated curtain in hand-crafted boro-silicate glass.
The large installation is comparable to a living organism emanating intelligence and energy. This transforms material into light, sound into multiple sources of movement. In moving through it, one moves back to the original sources of life – and to the source of the artist’s inspiration. The visitor is caught up in a dream-like world of imagination.
Based on primitive and eternal forms, the thirty works occupy the space of the exhibition and evoke thoughts of the depths of both ocean and heavens. Their movement might be that of plankton, or that of the dust which makes up the Milky Way.
Admission to the exhibition is included within the cost of the normal museum ticket. After Artempo, the event further confirms Palazzo Fortuny as a place of eclectic experimentation. Here, it is the study of light effects which is the basis for an exploration of the significance of forms and the interconnection between different media of expression.