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“Valkyrie Octopus” is the part “more complex” of “Valkyrie” series, especially created by Joana Vasconcelos to the Great Square of the MGM Macau. The play, which opened today, is installed in an area with name and Portuguese architectural replicas, as the House of nozzles and will be open to the public until October 31.
The artist conceived this piece through 4,000 meters tissue of various shades, patterns and textures, adorned with thousands of beads and LED lights, which are supported by 3100 meters of electrical cables. The “Valkyrie Octopus” is 35 meters long, 20 high and 1,200 pounds, consisting thus the greatest artist of the piece, which took about 10 months to build the part.
The monumental class “Valkyrie Octopus” made it tested an aircraft hangar, an action which involved a team of over 50 professionals in architecture, engineering, engineering and metallurgy.
Joana Vasconcelos, during the presentation of the work last Friday, recalled that took “ten long days” to get the job completed stay in Macau.
According to the artist, the installation combines craftsmanship and technology, something “complicated and fairly new “in their work. In addition to the use of LED lights, applied in conjunction with the manual work in sewing and crochet, Joana Vasconcelos used “inflatable techniques for filling, which allowed for larger work.”
“I brought many things that are traditional in Portugal, “said Joana Vasconcelos, describing the work of sewing and embroidery Nisa and Viana do Castelo in the play. “I’m here techniques of my culture together with technology (…) That is a bridge between the past and the future,” said
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Source:. Noticiasaominuto. with
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