SONNETS IN BABYLON
VENICE PAVILION, ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE,
VENICE ITALY
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 03 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/babylon3.jpg)
Large Scale glass Panels
screen printed by lasvit
project type
public art
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 02 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/babylon2.jpg)
SONNETS IN BABYLON, VENICE PAVILLION, ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, venice
Presented on a hundred panes of overlapping glass with drawings etched into them, Sonnets in Babylon was presented at the Venice Pavilion for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The sepia-toned glass one-meter tall tinted glass panels curving around the pavilion was complemented by a 9-minute looping evocative soundtrack by the composer Caleb Townsend.
Simultaneously ambiguous and explosive, the images are a timeless examination of the dynamic between ideas and images that evoke primitive dwellings, cities of the future, and even human anatomy. One underlying theme to ponder under the singular glass-celled chandelier designed by the Libeskinds for the Czech glass company Lasvit, is the question: is architecture an enduring art form or destined to be replaced by technology?
Finally, at the entrance to the Venice Pavilion, the Libeskinds designed a huge, slanting cross-shaped sculpture, clad in Dekton ceramic by the Spanish company Cosentino.
The project was realized collaboratively with Lev Libeskind, Daniel Libeskind, and their respective studios.
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 06 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/users_Jessy_Daniel_Libeskind_sceglie_la_superficie_ultracompatta_in_Dektonby_Cosentino__MBP_8679_B.jpg)
skewed axis form
max height 5.5 m
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 07 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Dekton_Colour-Keranium_Sonnets-in-Babylon-by-Daniel-Libeskind2-B.jpg)
sculpture with Dekton ceramic cladding
ceramics made BY COSENTINO.
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 07 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pertoldeo_img_8496.jpeg)
entrance of pavilion
exterior view
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 06 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/stand-libeskind-alla-biennale-di-venezia_0008-2280x1710-1.jpeg)
back lit panels
detail view
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 04 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/babylon4.jpg)
Glas panel
detail View
panel size
1 sq.m.
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 01 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/babylon1.jpg)
curved wall
interior view
![Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 10 | Lev Libeskind](https://www.libeskind.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/pertoldeo_img_8453-1140x650-1.jpg)
center of exhibition
interior view
ice chandelier
made by lasvit