ALESSANDRO LUPI: Liquid Lens, Light Waves
sound-light installation
Soteska // until 14 June
OPENING: Friday, 23 May, at 9:30 p.m.

The contemplative AV installation by an Italian artist Alessandro Lupi is conceived as a small water reservoir in which water is dripping. With each drop that falls on the surface of the water, the latter turns into a ‘liquid lens’, which creates waves that, when crossed by three external light sources, spread like a reflection across the space. Each drop therefore works as a metaphor for disturbance that affects the visual image of the micro-location. Electromagnetic valves allow the drops to fall in a programmed rhythm at different points, creating complex shapes, waves, colours and interface fringes floating around the square.

ALESSANDRO LUPI (1975, Genoa) graduated from the Academy of Arts in Genoa, Italy, in 2000. He began his intensive artistic research into light and space in the late 1990s, when he designed his first sculptures made of threads. In recent years, he has been intensively researching light and shadows in various sculptural and spatial installations, exploring the limits of human perception. He has held a number of high-profile solo exhibitions at home and abroad. He lives and works between Genoa and Berlin.

Special thanks to: Art hotel