Sail
Site-specific installation, thermal blankets assembled, various materials, variable dimensions+
Video, colour, sound, loop, 5’43”
+
Cube, thermal blankets assembled, various materials
50 x 50 x 50 cm
2012
EN
The site-specific work consists in a sail made of thermal blankets,
installed at the entrance of Galleria Upp (Venice) in front of the lagoon of
San Marco. The movement of Sail was filmed in a video from the sunrise to the
sunset. Afterwards, the sail has been
folded in the shape of a cube. The material of this mobile sculpture catalyzes the wind and the sunlight.
IT
Installazione site-specific, Sail consiste in una grande vela realizzata con coperte termiche, installata all’ingresso della Galleria Upp (Venezia) che si affaccia sul bacino di San Marco. Il suo movimento è stato documentato in un video, girato nell’arco di una giornata, dall’alba al tramonto. In seguito la vela è stata compressa in un cubo. La materia con cui è realizzata questa scultura mobile catalizza la luce del sole e il vento.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b1bb48e12ea18e3f9249d6050315f7cfb037e843bb778eef5e1d29a8520119f/Ryts-Monet-Sail-Venezia.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec49e7c7b512d1692ac1fbd3ff1fcd8bd92ede4985310c18532fa79597431a1d/Ryts-Monet-Sail-Venezia-1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/207f52901b31e0fc38a889c3f080709dbb86ecb484f27998e4d514aadb95ab71/Frame-Video-lontano.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1671fdb62cdbc7ab396130ee059cc70154d6270de8725e7ee344a952b0113529/P8111840.jpg)
Ryts Monet, Sail, site-specific installation at Galleria UPP, Venezia, 2012
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c73062653d471123588b874776b6e83a8ed130af42ad8e21b9a4a14669f31cdb/Cubo1.jpg)
Ryts Monet, Sail, installation view at Galleria UPP, Venezia, 2012
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c95843a88f5a91490dea83e3da8462cbb953b755df16257311f67818c8e7d241/Cubo.jpg)
Ryts Monet, Sail (cube), installation view at Galleria UPP, Venezia, 2012