Antonia Peón-Veiga | TURBA TOL HOL- HOL TOL

Ugo Carmeni.

Michele Agostinis. 21.04.2022 Venice Biennale 2022 - Opening Chilean Pavillion. © Michele Agostinis

TURBA TOL HOL- HOL TOL

2022

Description

If we think of Turba Tol as an ecosystem in which the intention is to generate favorable conditions for the Sphagnum to live in, elements such as light, water, and air become fundamental. The space’s illumination was designed with an understanding of the moss’ light requirements in order to grow successfully in this new environment for the exhibition’s entire duration.

The installation uses 14 full-spectrum luminaires, suspended throughout the space and distributed homogeneously so as to create an environment that resembles the sun’s natural light. The light spectrum is crucial in order for photosynthesis to occur; high light intensities and hours of rest are also necessary, just as they would happen in nature.

We also preferred that these luminaires be dimmable and that their color temperature could be controlled, which meant that their function could also have a second role that could contribute to the space’s ambiance and accompany the spectator’s journey.

Type
Art Installation

Location
Venice Art Biennale 2022

Drector
CURATOR Camila Marambio ARTISTS Ariel Bustamante - Sound, Carla Macchiavello - Art history, Dominga Sotomayor - Film, Alfredo Thiermann - Architecture COMMISSIONER Ximena Moreno (Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile) CULTURAL PRODUCER Juan Pablo Vergara COORDINATORS Daniela Aravena (Deputy Commisioner) Carolina Martínez (Project Management MINCAP) Alessandra Dal Mos (Producer on Italy MINCAP) CREATIVE COLLABORATORS Hema’ny Molina - Selk'nam poetry and song, Bárbara Saavedra - Ecology, Rosario Ureta - Design, Mateo Zlatar - Web design, Carola del Río - Web development, Sebastián Cruz - Exhibition design, Antonia Peón-Veiga - Lighting, Constanza Güell - Managing catalog editor, Nicolás Arze - Art direction, Christy Gast - Art direction, Benjamín Echazarreta - Photography direction, Isabel Torres - Voice rumors, Fernanda Olivares - Selk'nam guide, Nicole Püschel - Climate change and biodiversity, Susanne Abel, Matthias Krebs, Jan Peters, Anja Prager and Greta Gaudig (SphagnumLAB) Agustine Zegers, Denise Milstein, Randi Nygård, Karolin Tampere, Simon Daniel Tegnander Wenzel, Freja Carmichael, Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Jasper Coleman, Caitlin Franzmann, Renee Rossini - Scent, Biomaterial – @sinestesia.cc, Hans Toso, Tiff Rekem, Josh Widdicombe, Rus Gant, Stefan Grabowski – Video post production

Lighting Design
Antonia Peón-Veiga

Light sources used
(Español) LED Full Spectrum