Vivid Sydney · 2017

Ethereal Columns

by Turner, Carolina Álvarez Arellano, Claudio Mantovani, Shewanna Mendis, Gabriel Duque, Pablo Codina, Dean Van Der Merwe, Roberto Rizzo

Turner, Carolina Álvarez Arellano, Claudio Mantovani, Shewanna Mendis and 4 others created “Ethereal Columns”, a light installation shown at Vivid Sydney 2017 in Sydney, Australia. It was installed at The Rocks.

Ethereal Columns explores the possibility of a colonnade without solidity, without weight to bear. The work is architectural: bold and imposing, it appears to carry its burden with grandeur. However, as the columns of light dance and flicker, the colonnade reveals itself as a structure without mass — and the columns…

— Vivid Sydney

Location

The Rocks, Sydney — open in OpenStreetMap

Programme information from Vivid Sydney. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.

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Artists

T Turner2 works C Carolina Álvarez Arellano1 work C Claudio Mantovani2 works S Shewanna Mendis2 works G Gabriel Duque2 works P Pablo Codina2 works D Dean Van Der Merwe2 works R Roberto Rizzo2 works

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