THE VENETIAN REPLICA PAINTINGS CENTRE - THE FLYING PAINTINGS / Uieong To
Seeking to retrieve the celebratory atmosphere of St. Mark’s Square as depicted in Canaletto’s paintings, the proposal is an intervention that try to animate the public space with a venetian ‘color palette’ even under its constant flooding condition. The scheme is a new design replacing the existing structure behind the façade of the Procuratie Vecchie building. It provides space for artists from China to facilitate the production of the Venetian replica paintings, and gallery space which holds permanent exhibition of the originals. At time intervals, the replica paintings will ‘fly’ outside the building, forming an ephemeral exhibition in the square which aims to create a surreal scene featuring the venetian palette in the reflection of the flooding with the St. Mark’s Basilica as the backdrop. The event brought forward by the architecture is a celebration of both the square and the Venetian Art.
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