Nabatele

Nabatele (“alarm in times of danger”) will rise to twenty-five meters above the water like a double-layer balloon filled with helium and will float between water and sky. About It remains a mystery whether the structure has ever had roots or foundations, or whether it has always soared above the earth: whether it seeks a place to settle or whether it prefers its air autonomy. The constant window light of the synagogue – conclude- symbolizes for me that inner flame that is not extinguished by any turbulence and which persists in instability”. The cross-reference is all’ Aerostatic balloon ascension in Venice” (1784) by the Venetian painter Francesco Guardi, which documents a real event: in the 1784, in fact, one of the first hot air balloon demonstrations in Italy took place in Venice, shortly after the invention of the brothers Joseph‑Michel Montgolfier and Jacques‑Étienne Montgolfier in France. The city flocked to witness the spectacle, as seen in the opera in the elegant crowd filling the first floor. Read more Toggle Installation