Object made of heat-sealed Complain foil, filled with air and water, covered by a textile net (45 mm meshes, d=3mm diagonally), spotlight, fragrance
A large, black-blue object occupies the Rosa Room, the former second library hall. The intervention relates to its baroque surroundings in deliberately ambivalent ways: on the one hand the object seems like a foreign object landed in the center of the room; on the other hand its haptic characteristics enable visitors to interact playfully with each other and with the room. If touched by visitors, the object, filled with air and water, transforms these touches into reflections of light that create an interactive painting on the ceiling. The installation, which also features a specifically created fragrance, piques visitor´s curiosity and makes them want to interact with this foreign object. The installation´s haptic, physical, mysterious, and alluring qualities, its proportions as well as its use of light engage all the senses to counteract the representative architecture of the Baroque.
Text KATALOG VIENNA FOR ARTS SAKE
Project _ Installation
Location _ Winterpalais Belvedere, Vienna, AT
Year_ 2015
Client _ Winterpalais Belvedere
Curated by _ Peter Noever
Installations by _ Vito + Maria Elena Acconci, Zaha Hadid, Magdalena Jetelová
Michael Kienzer, Hans Kupelwieser, Hermann Nitsch, Eva Schlegel, Kiki Smith, Iv Toshain, Atelier Van Lieshout, Koen Vanmechelen, Manfred Wakolbinger
Lighting concept_ Designbüro Ploderer, AT (Christian Ploderer) in Kooperation mit Lukas Kaltenbeck
Fragrance created by _ Yogesh Kumar, www.dasparfum.com
Object produced by _ Plecherplanen, www.plecher.at, Haanl, www.haanl.at, the next ENTERprise Architects, www.tne.space
Photos _ Lukas Schaller