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This is a site-specific work that intervenes within the perimeter of the Santa Lucia railway station, at the true doorstep of the city of Venice. The five-meter-high light installation marks the transitional spot between the mainland and the Venetian lagoon. It’s a misregistered presence with respect to the context in which it is located and it looks like a sort of visual accident. Placed on the wall of an electrical substation at the edge of the tracks where the platforms end, the deep red lighted π hits the flows of travelers arriving and departing as a surprising element that raises questions and curiosity.

THE IRRATIONAL CITY 2.0 – FIRST PRESENTED IN 2012 AT THE XIII VENICE BIENNALE AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION TRACES OF CENTURIES & FUTURE STEPS – WAS VISIBLE AT THE VENICE RAILWAY STATION UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER 2013.

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Concept and design/

Paolo Cesaretti, Antonella Dedini

Design team/

Paolo Cesaretti, Kostantia Manthou

Realization/

Delled


With the support of/

Grandi Stazioni Spa, RFI Rete Ferroviaria Italiana



Photo and video/

Lorenzo Pennati