As evening falls in St. Mark’s Square, eleven magnificent glass chandeliers, true works of art, illuminate the Venetian winter for the second edition of Murano Lights Up the World.
Master Eros Raffael
Furnace ISS Abate Zanetti
The AZ 2024 chandelier is a collective project realised by the students of Istituto Abate Zanetti together with master Eros Raffael. The chandelier is composed of organic spheres made of mirrored crystal and sandblasted crystal, along with decorated spheres recalling the colours of the Rezzonico chandelier. The central disc is a mirror.
Furnace Marina e Susanna Sent
Marina and Susanna Sent have always been fascinated by the “bilancia” fishing nets used in the Northern Lagoon of Venice. The clean, essential lines and geometric shapes of these nets were the inspiration for a pendant lamp, made by hand using the lampworking technique. The elements are woven onto fishing line.
Master Gianni Seguso
Furnace Seguso Gianni Murano
Kimiko Yoshida and Gianni Seguso’s chandelier reinterprets the classic Rezzonico “barchetta”, inspired by the colours of the cherry blossom, the national symbol of Japan. 18 led bulbs represent a gust of wind, a metaphor for the transition between classical tradition and contemporary creation, between figuration and abstraction, between Venetian rococo and Japanese minimalism.
Furnace Salviati
dieXe, meaning “ten” in Venetian Language, is a celebration of Venetian history, in which the ‘X’ symbolises interlocking and unity. The iconic Salviati peacock green represents the magnetic hues of the Lagoon. Venetian inspirations combine with the concept of ‘parcelling’, a theme that Kengo Kuma often engages with, reinterpreted by Salviati through the development of special interlocking modules, composed of glass units that capture the essence of the wooden bricole in the Lagoon.
Master Marino Gabrielli
Furnace NasonMoretti
Digit Light is a chandelier composed by 23 hand-blown glass spheres and 8 light sources inspired by 1960s pop culture. The spheres are assembled with a high level of precision using computer technology, although the intentional impression is one of randomness. Luminous and reflective spheres mingle with each other, creating a joyful and celestial illumination.
Master Marco Barbini
Furnace Barbini Specchi Veneziani
Joseph Kosuth, in collaboration with Barbini Specchi Veneziani, has chosen to work with mirrored glass, creating the abstract silhouette of a classical Rezzonico and turning it into a three-dimensional and self-mirroring chandelier. The installation is a play on the more philosophical and political notions stemming from the ‘Enlightenment’.
Master Nicola Moretti e Stefano Bullo
Furnace Nicola Moretti + Vetrate Artistiche Murano
This chandelier features a geometric design composed of interconnected polyhedral elements, creating a dynamic and ethereal effect. The lamp evokes the image of a crystalline formation suspended and floating in the air. Each polyhedron is created by cutting and assembling flat glass elements, allowing light to diffuse in a soft and uniform manner.
Master Cristiano Rossetto
Furnace Najean & Sy
Philippe Starck and Aristide Najean have created a surrealistic chandelier in dark amethyst, a dream that in part comes from the mind, heart and creative fantasy of the great French creator, reflecting a powerful concentration of mystery, beauty, oddity and poetry.
Maester Giorgio Giuman + Michele Urban (moleria)
Furnace Giorgio Giuman
Sponsor United Risk
The centerpiece takes the form of chopsticks, embodying symbolic significance beyond their practical function. Just as these utensils demand dexterity in handling, the creative process requires ingenuity to shape and refine ideas. The weaving of lines around the chopsticks evokes the Knot of Solomon, a symbol of eternity without beginning or end.
Master Giorgio Valentini, Claudio Zama e Massimiliano Schiavon + Wili Bardella (moleria)
Furnace Massimiliano Schiavon Art Team
The collaboration between Deborah Czeresko and Massimiliano Schiavon reimagines the traditional glass chandelier by replacing its S-shaped arms with the sinuous forms of a snake’s body. The light takes on a more charged quality, emerging from the mouth of each snake as a symbol of release, transformation, and the unpredictable nature of change.
Master Nicola Causin
Furnace Berengo Studio
The chandelier depicts two wave breakers that are made entirely of glass. The fragility of the glass contrasts with the massive structure of the wave breaker which is normally made from cement. The contrast of the form and the material symbolizes the fragility of nature and of Venice in particular.
