From November 22, 2024 to March 4, 2025
Venice
From November 22, 2024 to March 4, 2025, it is possible to admire eleven splendid chandeliers, the result of the collaboration with eleven of the most prestigious Murano furnaces, which have made their skills available between tradition and experimentation. The artists and designers – who were selected by a Scientific Committee composed of Rosa Barovier Mentasti, glass historian, David Landau, Trustee of Pentagram Stiftung, Chiara Squarcina, Scientific Director of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and the curators Mario Codognato and Alma Zevi – have joined the Murano Illumina il Mondo (Murano Lights Up The World) project sharing the goal of giving visibility to the island of Murano not only as a craft industry but also as an international center of experimentation and collaboration.
Murano glass returns to illuminate the most beautiful living room in the world, Piazza San Marco in Venice, with the second edition of Murano Illumina il Mondo (Murano Lights Up The World), the project promoted by The Venice Glass Week and the Municipality of Venice that this year sees the extraordinary participation of eleven international artists and architects of the caliber of Joseph Kosuth, Kengo Kuma and Philippe Starck, who were asked to reinterpret an everyday object, the chandelier, using ancient and modern glassmaking techniques.
Balance
design and implementation Marina and Susanna Sent
“We have always been fascinated by the balance fishing nets used in the Northern Lagoon of Venice.
The simplicity and perfect integration with the surrounding natural environment make these nets an integral part of the cultural and landscape heritage of our region.
The clean and essential lines and geometric shapes of these nets were a source of inspiration for a pendant lamp, made by hand with the lampwork glass technique. The elements are woven on fishing line”.
