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Venice Biennale 2012 – Knot

Venice Biennale 2012 – Knot
Mikael Olsson

KNOT

Petra Gipp, architecture : Kim Hedås, composition

The work constitutes part of an artistic investigation that intends to explore how dimensions of architecture/art and music/sound may be widened as more layers are added to the totality. In Knot, sound and structure interact to create new sequences that together build a polyphonically shifting play. The architecture is defined through the matter and its relationship to the music, which in turn is reinforced by the space. Knot inquires whether these layers can enhance the understanding of an architectural work and a musical work respectively, whether their reciprocity can reinforce each individual piece. 

photo_credit Mikael Olsson
Mikael Olsson

Knot explores the reciprocity between the sound of a double chorus and an architecture arising from the interaction between a part cast in concrete and its double cast in bronze, between the plan and the section that forms its double. As they meet, a knot of void and matter emerges which frames the light from outside and allows it to play its way inwards together with the music.

photo_credit Mikael Olsson
Mikael Olsson
photo_credit Mikael Olsson
Mikael Olsson

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Project Year
2012
Category
Sculptures
Primary Building Material
Concrete
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