Between Two Waves

2019
Works

Between Two Waves, 2019
Environment/Space made of recycled materials
±21 × 7 × 4.70 m

Upon entering the Luxembourg Pavilion, visitors are immersed in a setting that adapts to the archi­tectural scale of the Sale d’Armi. Acting simultane­ ously as artwork, spatial environment and interface containing all the elements that make up Written by Water, it was conceived as a kind of living organism that unfolds in the Sale d’Armi from north to south.

Taking the shape of a monumental wave that rises above visitors’ heads, Between Two Waves evokes the sea but also brings to mind a work of nomadic architecture, an open shelter for anyone seeking refuge. The space is subject to its own temporality, reflecting a constant balancing move­ ment between the exploration of an external state and an inner tension. It stages a world unto its own, an ecosystem with its own rhythms and new modes of celebration and rituals. The various ele­ ments of the space cannot be seen at once, thus leaving room for ephemerality and uncertainty.

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    Installation views of the Luxembourg Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2019

Installation views of the Luxembourg Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 2019