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SONNETS IN BABYLON

VENICE PAVILION, ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE,
VENICE ITALY

Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 03 | Lev Libeskind

Large Scale glass Panels

screen printed by lasvit

project type

public art

Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 02 | Lev Libeskind

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

skewed axis form

max height 5.5 m



Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 07 | Lev Libeskind

sculpture with Dekton ceramic cladding

ceramics made BY COSENTINO.



Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 07 | Lev Libeskind

entrance of pavilion

exterior view



Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 06 | Lev Libeskind

back lit panels

detail view



Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 04 | Lev Libeskind

Glas panel

detail View

panel size

1 sq.m.

Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 01 | Lev Libeskind

curved wall

interior view



Project "Sonnets in Babylon", image 10 | Lev Libeskind

center of exhibition

interior view

ice chandelier

made by lasvit