An installation created by Lia Chaia for exhibition on the ceiling of intermediary spaces or walkways, Esqueleto Aéreo (2012) aims to evidence the experience of the gaze, creating a dialogue between the public space of the streets and the internal, familiar and protected space of the museum.
Composed of more than 180 small rectangular hanging flags, cut in patterns of different parts of the human skeleton, such as the cranium, the pelvis and the shoulder blade, Esqueleto Aéreo deals with the idea of the fragmented body that inhabits the architecture, and which has been an object of Lia Chaia’s recent research. In this work, the rigidity of the architecture and the bones of the human body appear in confrontation with the lightness and fragility of the cut fabrics.
An installation created by Lia Chaia for exhibition on the ceiling of intermediary spaces or walkways, Esqueleto Aéreo (2012) aims to evidence the experience of the gaze, creating a dialogue between the public space of the streets and the internal, familiar and protected space of the museum.
Composed of more than 180 small rectangular hanging flags, cut in patterns of different parts of the human skeleton, such as the cranium, the pelvis and the shoulder blade, Esqueleto Aéreo deals with the idea of the fragmented body that inhabits the architecture, and which has been an object of Lia Chaia’s recent research. In this work, the rigidity of the architecture and the bones of the human body appear in confrontation with the lightness and fragility of the cut fabrics.