Amora a Venezia

Description

As preliminary research for this project, I read Goethe's 'Italian Journey', in which he describes both his journey and method of analysing the world. He uses a deep understanding of geology and other natural sciences. Venice is described in terms of the categories of flora, fauna, mud and stone found on the lido.

Thinking about how I could describe Venice, what method and language to use, I imagined taking the dominant UK language of business and management on my travels - seeing the world through organizational charts, spreadsheets, critical-paths. Framing the world with these devices would determine what was found and what was worth of looking for.

Amora a Venezia is an attempt to look at the world through another device - something that allows for a richer and broader understanding. To travel to and to be in love with Venice would be the best outcome that I could hope for. Having heard a old jazz lyric, (a Duke Ellington song?) along the lines of 'when you're in love, you see rainbows everywhere', I went looking for evidence. Inkjet prints are positioned on the wall according to the relationship of the object to the horizon, and through time.

Details

Materials

145 approx inkjet prints, various dimensions

Dimensions

Wall panels: 10m x 3m approx

Images

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	'Rainbow' caught in plate-glass window; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.		Installation view of Amora a Venezia: images arranged through time, according to when they were taken.
	Installation view: Amora a Venezia.		Installation view: Amora a Venezia.
	Looking for a 'rainbow' in waves, breaking on steps near Ex-Birreria, Giudecca, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.		'Rainbow' in childrens' 'bubble'; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.
	'Rainbow' reflected in residential window, San Marco, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.		'Rainbow' thrown onto tablecloth at Zaterre, Dorsodoro, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.
	'Rainbow' thrown onto tablecloth at Zatterre, Dorsodoro, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.		'Rainbows' thrown onto ceiling, Giudecca, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.
	'Rainbow' thrown onto wall, Giudecca, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.		Looking for rainbows in a Campari Spritzer, Giudecca, Venice; detail of image from Amora a Venezia.