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Dance Of Light: Kaz Shirane unveils a new art installation in Venice

With “Dance of Light”, Shirane continues exploring two of his preferred materials, mirrors and light, while experimenting with new forms and interactions.

“This artwork is a light sculpture based on a collaboration between invisible forces », explains the artist. The installation enables a multi-sensorial interaction with its surrounding environment as an ever-evolving piece. Thin mirror plates sway in the wind and produce a soft, music-like sound, while the reflection of the sun rays and the surrounding landscape creates distortions, light and shadow around the metallic cube. « It is as if the light is dancing », suggests Shirane.

Through this project, Kaz Shirane presents a piece in which the artist doesn’t fully control the output of the artwork, but it is completed in dialogue with nature and the viewer.

The site-specific artwork is displayed in the Marinaressa Gardens, a scenic park along the Riva did Sette Martiri and will be on view until 27th November 2022.

The project was supported by the Pola Art Foundation, the Arts Council Tokyo, the Nomura Foundation, the Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation, the Union Foundation for Ergodesign Culture and Yoshizumi Press.

See more of Kaz Shirane’s work here.

Photographs by Antonio Messana