Palazzo a Vela is normally used as a centre for sporting activities. For this exhibition all the windows were completely closed and the interior was painted dark blue to create a cave effect. A new lighting fixture was specially designed and produced for this event: the works were lit up by small “Tiges”, fitted with small, low-voltage halogen bulbs, and positioned on the upper part of the exhibition walls. In the centre of the space Calder’s big 'Mobiles and Stabiles' were illuminated with zenithal light from the ceiling, using projector lamps with controlled optics and fitted with Thorn 1000 W metal halide sources.
Calder - Anthological exhibition
exhibitionThe lighting choices, including custom fixtures made ad-hoc, are designed to illuminate Calder's anthological exhibition, in a building normally used as a sports activities centre. It is a dialogue between light, architecture and its renewed functions
Year
1983
Location
Vela Palace, Turin – Italy
Client/Collaborator
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
