An impressive light installation in the shape of a Renaissance-era Venetian façade has been set up in the Arsenale venue in Venice for the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Fundamentals, which opens its doors on Saturday 7 June, 2014. The installation, titled Luminaire, is the result of a collaboration between the curator of this year’s Architecture Biennale Rem Koolhaas and the Swarovski Foundation.
Measuring 20 metres in length and consisting of thousands of coloured-glass bulbs and 15kg of Swarovski Crystal Rock, all mounted on an elaborate wooden structure, the installation frames the main entrance to the Monditalia exhibition which offers a timeline of Italy’s history connected to its architecture. The Monditalia exhibition is but one of three interlocking exhibitions comprising this year’s Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia again curated by Koolhaas with the ambition of illuminating the past, present and future of architecture.
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