Occhio di Luce
Proyecto colaborativo de Interdisciplina con Constanza Cuevas Puyol
Centro di Arte e Natura L´Aquila Reale, Civitella di Licenza, Roma.
Instalación
Cerámica, acero inoxidable, metal, agua.
El proyecto Occhio di Luce está financiado por el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile. –
FONDART NACIONAL
It is a site- and time-specific ephemeral installation, with solar characteristics, located in the Villa of Horacio el Flaco in Licenza, commune of Rome. Both the Villa and the Nymphaeum are oriented to the sunrise on the Summer Solstice.
The installation presents a daily activation from sunrise to local noon, the circles of water will light up successively every hour,
This installation reminds us of the relationship between our Planet, the Universe and Nature.
Understanding the astronomical and solstitial cycles somehow ‘resets’ our circadian system, understanding that we are part of a planetary time where water is crucial for life as we know it.
This solar installation is made up of 6 pieces composed of 6 tripods of different heights that support rhombuses of 35 x 25 cm and 2 mm thick, cut in mirror steel. These pieces contain paint masks, exposing a central 15 cm circle inside them. During summer solstice days in the northern hemisphere this beam of light will reach the mirrored circle bouncing at 90º and reflecting a sunspot on each of the circular ceramic containers filled with water.
