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OVOID - Riyadh
Ruben PB

"Redefining landscape and perception: 'Ovoid' by SpY captivates at Noor Riyadh 24"

"Ovoid" challenges the relationship between the viewer, the environment and the work, proposing, through perception, a deeply physical and sensory experience.

photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB
photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB

Suspended under the Wadi Hanifah Bridge in the city of Riyadh, this 35-meter-high illuminated red ovoid not only inhabits the landscape: it activates it, redefines it and transforms it into a space that questions notions of scale and materiality.

photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB
photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB

This large-scale intervention imposes an immediate relationship with the human body. Moving around the installation, the public is confronted with a constant play of proportions and references that reconfigure both its perception of the place and its position within it.

photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB
photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB

As the viewer approaches, the ovoid reveals itself as an imposing visual and physical presence, capable of combining an overwhelming corporeal experience with a deeply evocative intimacy.

The light emanating from within envelops the environment, bathing the atmosphere in a vibrant and captivating red.

photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB

Reflected in the waters stretching beneath the bridge, the ovoid doubles its visual scale and establishes a relationship of duality between its physical presence and the ephemeral illusion of its reflection.

photo_credit Ruben PB
Ruben PB

Noor Riyadh 2024

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

https://spy-urbanart.com/work/ovoid/

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