Travelling

Travelling ...an Installation at the Università degli Studi di Milano 2024 Edition Buildings are not things. They are places we travel to and through. Buildings are not empty. They are filled with light and colour and emotion. This installation is called “travelling”. The rectangle of a 2 squares proportion has been sliced by 6 random lines which became, after vertical extrusion, ridges and valleys giving shape to 7 breakthroughs. Each person visiting will find their own destination. In this installation are seven rooms. Each lead to a different experience. Traveling is covered with a burnished copper aluminium roof. The exterior is organic and represents a mysterious human intervention in time and space. You walk inside as in a movie travelling between the seven rooms of experience. There is a surrounding patio. The frame of the installation is a black steel structure with a translucent stained-glass wall on the back. This transparent “light wall” is composed of 50 images of the human form painted by the architect-artist. The images are reflected onto the installation’s stone like floor. The 7 rooms convey 7 unique themes representing human experience: Meditation (felt covered walls to be soundproof) Kink with chains and spikes Reflection (with illusion mirrors showing blurred and distorted reality) corridor - traveling Creativity (Kassar will paint for 2-3 hours on certain days during the event.) Games (noughts and crosses and connect the dots) Senses – (sensory covered corridor) Platform Measuring: 6.20m x 10.00 m. Object footprint: 3.50m x 7.00m Height: 5.00m approx. Materials Used: Steel Tubes, Wooden Boards (Plywood), Anodized Aluminum Copper finish, Transparent Coloured Acrylic sheets, Vinyl, Brass chains, Acoustic Felt, Leather, Rubber.