Lucia Koch - The Long Night
04/07/2018 — 07/07/2018
Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo, SP
The installation A Longa Noite [The Long Night], by the artist Lucia Koch, was staged at the Sesc Pompeia between April 7th and July 8th 2018. Conceived specifically to occupy the hall of the theatre, the intervention responds to the architecture of the building and proposes a temporary transformation of the space. A copper-coloured filter covers the enormous glass ceiling of the space, saturating it with a constant violet light that affects our experience of time and space.
According to Lucia Koch: “night is the place of anxiety and anticipation. We are only able to endure the night because we anticipate the arrival of the day; similarly, we spend the day awaiting nightfall. If the colour of the light does not change, we remain stuck in a state of suspense.”
The artist also introduces hundreds of wooden poles into the space, similar to the structural elements used in the architecture of Lina Bo Bardi. Arranged in apparent disorder, as if awaiting definitive disposal, the poles are painted red, the colour that most stands out against the filter. For its inauguration, she invited the audience to wear red clothes.
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