How
can we transform a space in three hours? How can a simple gesture modify
the perception of a space, disappearing short afterwards without a trace?
The celebration of a wedding on a rented public park is the excuse to
think ephemeral.
The
project is a minimal intervention based on the layout of a number of tables;
such simple move pretends to modify significantly the perception of a
very architectural space, already consolidated. The intervention is a
single line that reinforces the qualities of this existing space, although
generating a new reading by its attributes and idiosyncrasy.
Therefore,
the tables are placed building up a single linear object, such as a snake
that wiggles next to the water. Lighting is fundamental. A linear succession
of candles outlines the zig-zag axis of this object located within the
vegetation. The irregular blinking of the immaterial lighting generates
unexpected effects and reflections. The necessary participation of the
guests to light the candles as the breeze turns them off, is a a priori
decision to make this brief lighting the pacemaker of the installation;
an installation that is conceived to be ephemeral.
The
intervention transforms temporarily a public space and reconfigures it
to construct an unusual scenario, a theatrical set. Use and sense of space
are rapidly transformed by a low-cost intervention; by means of architecture,
the use of a consolidated space can be altered temporarily, providing
24hour program to very specific public facilities. |