Polytope de Montréal
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Polytope de Montréal was a media installation in the French Pavilion, which now houses Casino de Montréal. The installation included a sculpture, light show, and musical composition designed and composed by Iannis Xenakis, for the opening of the Ottawa Art Gallery following Expo 67. The piece is one of many "Polytopes" (flat-sided geometric object, e.g., polyhedron) by Xenakis.
The light sculpture consisted of, "a geometric array of steel cables stretching up through the multi-tiered atrium of the building, with 1,200 flashbulbs attached to the cables."[1]
The piece led to the commission of Kraanerg.
Sources
- ↑ Harley, James (2008). "Liner notes", Kraanerg. Mode 196.
External links
- Oswalt, Phillipp (1991). "Iannis Xenakisis' Polytopes", Oswalt.de.
- "Réalisations architecturales", Iannis-Xenakis.org.
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