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Sejima & Mies
Kazuyo Sejima’s intervention at the
Mies van der Rohe pavilion in Barcelona
has created a delicate and ethereal
installation in the form of a transparent
sinuous spiral.
“We decided to make transparent
curtains using acrylic material, since
we didn’t want the installation to
interfere in any way with the existing
space,” explains Sejima. At the same
time, the Japanese architect’s mark
does not pass unobserved. Looking
through the transparent walls, Mies’s
space appears reflected and distorted,
the same and yet subtly different
from the original. The installation,
on show until 18 January, is part of
a periodic programme organised by
the Mies van der Rohe foundation,
which over the years has invited various
other artists to work on this icon
of the modern movement, including
Enric Miralles and Benedetta
Tagliabue, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle,
Jeff Wall, Panamarenko, Angela
Bulloch with Joachim Grommek
and Dominique Gonzalez-
Foerster with Jens Hoffmann. E. S.
