Artwork by Johannes Knoops, Interior Design, was recently featured in the 2018 edition of Design.VE, a biennial design festival located in Venice that runs during the first month of the city’s Architecture Biennale. His work, titled Oculi, was featured in the central installation of the festival, Design After Darwin. Adapted to Adaptability, curated by Luca Berta, Francesca Giubilei, and Alice Stori. The exhibition was on view from May 23 to June 17. Hosted in the 18th-century Palazzo Morosini-Garterberg on the campo Sant’ Stefano in Venice, it enjoyed the attention of the many visitors to the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Inspired by the pantheon in Rome, Knoops’ Oculi featured a series of LED light fixtures that formed a constellation within the central gallery. The prototypes were 3D printed for the exhibition in polyamide using the selective laser sintering technique (SLS)—an additive manufacturing technique that uses a laser as the power source to sinter powdered material.
From the catalog description of Oculi:
Eyes to the heavens, holes to the soul, these are far more than light fixtures. Suspended in our lives they shelter our fantasies. Structured on air they inspire our ambitions. These are portals to another reality.
Motivated by memories I explore hidden urban narratives. Anchored in New York my aspirations are global. I confide my dreams to reveal desires.
For more information, contact Knoops, (212) 217-5585.