PORTAL

OPEN SPACE EXHIBITION 2020-2021
GIARDINI DELLA MARINARESSA, VENICE, ITALY

OPEN SPACE EXHIBITION

Giardini della Marinaressa

Riva dei Sette Martiri, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy

On exhibit August 29, 2020 - February 16, 2021

Aluminum, integrated lighting
274 x 274 x 40 cm (9' x 9' x 16”)

PORTAL is a sculptural work created specifically for the Time Space Existence exhibition at the European Cultural Center space Giardini della Marinaressa in Venice, Italy. The work joins art and architectural elements on a human scale.  Shadow patterns infuse human form evoking an emotional response with natural and human-made elements. Portal plays with the architectural element of the grand portal.  In contemporary digital society, a portal is a gateway to information, a framework to provide a single point of access to tools and information.  Portal presents as a gateway to the human mind and offers an exploration of an architectural element as sculptural expression.

Portal conveys the abstract figure of a flame to elicit passion and intense emotion. The use of an architectural element invites dialogue, raising the tempo of questioning, provoking the personal, offering a human connection.  The work evokes the complexities and creativity of the human mind.

Shadow patterns cast from elements in the natural environment are a central component.  The mind is influenced, perhaps defined, by light and varying qualities of light: reflectivity, glow, glare, glitter, absorption, shadow.  Light shapes psychological being.  Portal considers patterns of light as a passage between public and private.  The work invites human interaction with these patterns.  Enter the portal and become surrounded in sculptural form.

The Open Space Exhibition will held in the outdoor park-like setting of Giardini della Marinaressa.