Michele Ormas, installation view of Architectures of the Night, an Absolut Art Bar at Kolner Liste 2016. Courtesy Absolut (1)
Architectures of the Night, Ormas’ Art Bar features a ‘Virtual Tower’, which mixes architectural installation, light and projection with acoustic elements, drawing visitors into the heart of a seemingly timeless nocturnal world. Architectures of the Night is the latest in the series of immersive Absolut Art Bars by some of the world’s most exciting artists.
Michele Ormas, installation view of Architectures of the Night, an Absolut Art Bar at Kolner Liste 2016. Courtesy Absolut
Architectures of the Night is Ormas’ interpretation of the night as an experiential entity. Taking inspiration from a range of sources, including the Neo-Noir film ‘Dark City’ in which extra-terrestrials use a huge clock to trick humans into believing they live in a state of perennial night, Ormas’ concept for his Art Bar blurs the lines of time, space and reality.
Michele Ormas, installation view of Architectures of the Night, an Absolut Art Bar at Kolner Liste 2016. Courtesy Absolut
Ormas also draws from the novel ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino, in which urban landscapes grow from the wishes and fears of the cities’ residents. His Absolut Art Bar features depictions of cities as fragments, which hang, overlap and are draped throughout the space; representing the artist’s memories of urban and natural environments. An additional theme is wheat, a key ingredient in Absolut Vodka, which fascinates the artist, and allows for further exploration around fusing elements of urban landscapes and nature. At the centre of the Art Bar is a ‘Virtual Tower’, a five-metre metal construction featuring lights and projections, which reflects Ormas’ wheat motif, creating the illusion of stylised fields of grain floating above visitors below.
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Michele Ormas, installation view of Architectures of the Night, an Absolut Art Bar at Kolner Liste 2016. Courtesy Absolut
