{"id":14647,"date":"2015-03-12T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfull.eu\/blog\/?p=14647"},"modified":"2016-02-08T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T14:55:07","slug":"levy-lighting-nyc-for-joana-vasconcelos-valkyrie-octopus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/levy-lighting-nyc-for-joana-vasconcelos-valkyrie-octopus\/","title":{"rendered":"Levy Lighting NYC for Joana Vasconcelos: Valkyrie Octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ira Levy from Levy Lighting<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, the New York-based lighting design company, collaborated with\u00a0Portuguese international renown artist Joana Vasconcelos<\/strong> to illuminate her Valkyrie Octopus<\/strong>\u00a0sculpture, created for the Grande Pra\u00e7a at the heart of MGM MACAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In this location inspired installation, Joana Vasconcelos<\/a> draws from the marine and the maritime and\u00a0connects with the Portuguese heritage of Macau. The artist\u00a0brings to Macau a magical universe of cultural exchanges and meeting of\u00a0opposites, with a dramatic scenario, conceived by the designer Ira Levy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Central to the exhibition is Valkyrie Octopus, the largest piece to date in her iconic Valkyries\u00a0series which has been the nucleus of the artist\u2019s practice since 2004. This amorphous organic\u00a0form hangs from the skylight dome of MGM MACAU<\/strong>\u2019s central atrium. The various textures and\u00a0richness of detail in the piece result from Vasconcelos\u2019 practice of appropriating textiles and\u00a0ornaments of different origins. She combines artisan techniques such as crochet and Nisa\u00a0embroidery with thousands of LED lights and boldly colored, patterned materials embellished with\u00a0various kind of beads in a patchwork of patterns, shapes, and textures.<\/p>\n

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As an additional theatrical effect, the public will witness the dramatic light performance created\u00a0by Ira Levy to illuminate the artwork. Reflecting on what initially inspired Joana Vasconcelos for\u00a0her iconic Valkyries series<\/strong>, Ira Levy designed a show based on the relationship between\u00a0the sculpture and the classic symphony by Wagner Ride of The Valkyries. With the contribution of\u00a0Zero Times Everything<\/strong>, Ira Levy used a modern version of the majestic Wagner\u2019s piece in dialog\u00a0with the light of the exhibition.
\nThe visitor will be unexpectedly overwhelmed by different colors coordinated with music from\u00a0different angles of the Grande Pra\u00e7a of MGM.<\/p>\n

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Bringing the focus back to the role of Valkyrie Octopus<\/strong>, Ira Levy\u2019s creative use of innovative solutions will give to the monumental work by Joana Vasconcelos a striking theatrical\u00a0effect, involving the public in a unique immersed perceivable experience.<\/p>\n

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Ira Levy from Levy Lighting, the New York-based lighting design company, collaborated with\u00a0Portuguese international renown artist Joana Vasconcelos to illuminate her Valkyrie Octopus\u00a0sculpture, created for the Grande Pra\u00e7a at the heart of MGM MACAU. In this location inspired installation, Joana Vasconcelos draws from the marine and the maritime and\u00a0connects with the Portuguese heritage of Macau. The artist\u00a0brings to Macau a magical universe of cultural exchanges and meeting of\u00a0opposites, with a dramatic scenario, conceived by the designer Ira Levy. SEE ALSO:\u00a0MAISON&OBJET […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":14653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[654,51,52,5,2446],"tags":[4254,4253,4249,5986,4255,4250],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}