Project Seaweed
We address to those authentic persons whose creation and research shapes emerging economies:
What is a future you want to build with things you have created?
Scientists are building upon a vast edifice of ideas and tools in which humanities have contributed and are embedded: history, music, art, literature, and more than science and technology. You will enter a gathering where diverse systems of reference meet, dwell, and dialogue - we will create a space where Art and Physics shoulder together the weight of orienting the human condition in the present and the unknown.
Outside, the city is electric. Every palazzo has a vernissage, every bridge a crowd. The Biennale's opening day is one of the most alive occasions in the art world calendar.
Venice played a pivotal role in transforming the mirror as we know today - starting from the 15th century with the invention of transparent cristallo and the later perfection of the tin-mercury amalgam. Yet, it was hardly anticipated that such a tool would become fundamental in enabling the entire digital infrastructure for computation and communications. In the age of information, mirrors manifest as the resonant cavities for lasers, and as glass fibers that can even extend across the Atlantic. At the farthest frontiers of quantum optics today, mirrors are still being perfected to examine and manipulate quantum resources.
Lab Tours
Art Tours*
* To theorists: The closest you'll get to the lab.
Wallace Chan - Vessel of Other Worlds @ Chapel of Santa Maria della Pieta, Venice
Wallace Chan is a renowned Hong Kong jeweler and sculptor celebrated for his extraordinary craftsmanship and philosophical depth.
Butterfly Men by Wallace Chan (Sulptures & Carvings)
"Chan is obsessed with new discoveries, and is constantly looking for bigger canvases and new materials. After eight years of research and experimentation, he unleashed titanium's undiscovered potential not only in jewellery but also in large-scale sculptures, allowing the materialisation of unprecedented colors and forms. To date, Chan is one of the very few artists - if not the only one - to use titanium in sculptures of such color and scale."
Wallace Chan's exhibition "Transcendence" at the Santa Maria della Pieta. PHOTO: FEDERICO SUTERA 2024
Now in his 60s, Chan focuses on reflections, which are often conveyed through the use of mirrors and glass in his works. He regards the creative process as a means for him to recreate himself and the world in which he lives. The imagery of the newborn continues to be prevalent in his works, more often than not, a manifestation of himself.
