The Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun
Pavilion
location: Arsenale Artiglierie
opening: Saturday, 13.9.2008 (with Biennial’s passes only)
working hours: 14.9 - 23.11. 2008 10 am - 6 pm
Croatian pavilion situated in Artiglierie, Arsenale, presents two urban installations: Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun by architect Nikola Basic built in 2004/08 period at seafront of Zadar, coastal city in Dalmatia.
The Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun installations will be presented by two simultaneous and opposed 8 minutes long video projections (looped), filmed and directed for the occasion by Davor Šarić. Projections are separated by the stone paved reconstruction of seafront in center of which the 9 m² model of Greeting to the Sun is installed. The model is connected with actual location in Zadar in real time via Internet. The pavilion echoes with the sound of Sea Organ and sounds of Zadar’s Riva recreating the original ambience to the visitors of Biennale.
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Croatia
Commissioner: Branko Silađin
Deputy Commissioner: Hrvoje Hrabak
Curator: Branko Franceschi
Administration: HDLU
instalment: Branko Silađin
audio and video instalment: Slaven Tahirbegović
pavilion set up:
JADRANKAMEN d.d., Pučišća
ALUKÖNIGSTAHL d.o.o., Zagreb
INTERLIGHT d.o.o., Split
BONAVENTURA d.o.o., Zagreb
DICROIC d.o.o., Split
T - Hrvatski Telekom
film and DVD production
production: Digital Film d.o.o., Šibenik
director: Davor Šarić
editor: Tomislav Rupić
sound: Krešimir Mrčela
Sea Organ
The sea organ has the shape of a flight of steps leading to the sea, inducing people to change their walking pattern, to stop and come down to the sea. Under the stone steps, divided into seven 10-meter sections, there are polyethylene tubes of various sizes. The air, pushed by waves, flows from wider to narrower tubes, accelerating and producing sound in the pipes located in the resonating cavity below the promenade, with mystical openings in the stone letting out the sound. The instrument has seven clusters with five selected tones each, derived from the matrix of the traditional Dalmatian a cappella singing. As the energy of the sea is unpredictable in the endless cycles of high and low tide, of the size, force and direction of waves, this eternal concert is always different in its infinite musical variations, composed and played by nature itself.
The sea organ in Zadar is just one of many projects undertaken by this millennial city to have a continuous culture of public space. Along with promoting the development of urban culture, this artistic installation is also an eminent tourist project. This is attested by the fact that the sea organ, immediately after the construction, turned into a metaphorical site visited by delighted citizens, an essential stop in all tourist routes through Zadar and its region. (Nikola Bašić)
Location: Obala Petra Krešimira IV, Zadar
Investor: Port Authority, Zadar
Construction Completion: 2005
Author: Nikola Bašić d.i.a.
Coauthor: Ivan Stamać d.i.el. (sound)
Collaborators: dr. prof. Vladimir Andročec d.i.g. (hydraulics), Tomislav Heferer (pipes), Matija Galošić d.i.a. (design)
Architectural Firm: Marinaprojekt d.o.o. Zadar
Design Completion: 2004
Contractors: Tankerkomerc d.o.o. Zadar, Pomgrad d.o.o. Split, Jadrankamen d.o.o. Split, Goran Ježina d.o.o. Zadar, Orguljarski atelier «Heferer» Zagreb
The sea organ won:
2005 Bernardo Bernardi Award of the Croatian Architects’ Association.
D!BEST 2006 Award Dizajncentar Croatia
National building award CEMEX Croatia 2006
European prize of urban public space 2006 / CCCB, Barcelona
Cemex international building award 2006, Monterrey, Mexico
Selected work Mies van der Rohe Award 2007, Barcelona
Greeting to the Sun
The Greeting to the Sun is a circular glazed surface with 22 m of diameter, situated on the seafront pavement, and one can walk on it. It is equipped with photo-voltaic plates, with a grid of light points underneath, consisting of a dispersed display with over 10.000 tiny light bulbs. A computer induces the change of intensity and colour of light of each single bulb. In fact, this is an installation that can emanate light in all of its possible sensations, send messages, form graphemes, write words. One can approach this dynamic light spectacle that brings you physically into an immaterial environment with a sensation of swimming or soil moving under your feet. The installation absorbs the energy of the sun and turns it into a play of light. The same energy is to be used for the general illumination of the seafront making the Greeting to the Sun a device for the production of energy from alternative sources.
Location: Istarska obala, Zadar
Investor: City of Zadar
Construction Completion: 2008
Author: Nikola Bašić d.i.a.
Collaborators: Ivan Kujunžić d.i.a. (design), Sergej Skočić d.i.el. (light consulting), Želimir Ivanović d.i.el. (electro installation), Barbara Bašić Stelluti (ring and coat of arms design), prof. Maksim Klarin (sun ephemerides), dr. prof. Nikola Vuletić (patron saints)
Architectural Firm: Marinaprojekt d.o.o. Zadar
Design Completion: 2007
Contractors: Duca d.o.o. Zadar, Heres d.o.o. Zadar, Alukoningstahl d.o.o. Zagreb, Leurocom electronic displays GmbH, Pomak d.o.o. Split, Pestić elektroinstalacije d.o.o. Zadar, Prokrom KTM d.o.o. Zadar, Formator d.o.o. Rijeka, Scam marine d.o.o. Rijeka
Catalogue
Official catalogue for sale in Monadadori Electa bookshops at Corderie dell’Arsenale and at Giardini, in English and Croatian, with essays by Branko Silađin, Željka Čorak, Leo Modrčin and Miljenko Domjan, 96 pages, 55 colour reproductions, edited by Branko Silađin and Vladimir Mattioni, and including documentary film on PAL DVD by Davor Šarić (17′), sound Kresimir Mrcela, editing Tomislav Rupić, realisation Digital film d.o.o. Published by HDLU and Marinaprojekt d.o.o.
Catalogue with integral essays and photography in pdf
Sponzors
CITY OF ZADAR
ALUKÖNIGSTAHL d.o.o Zagreb, ARSENAL HOLDINGS d.o.o., Zadar; BONAVENTURA d.o.o. Zagreb; DICROIC d.o.o Spli; DIGITAL FILM d.o.o. Šibenik; DUCA d.o.o., Zadar; ELAN “Motorni brodovi” d.o.o. Obrovac; FASSA S.p.A.; FEAL d.o.o., Široki Brijeg; FRANTO d.o.o. Zadar: GORTAN d.d., Zadar; HERES d.o.o., Vir; HGK Županijska komora Zadar; HRT Radio Zadar; HRVATSKI GRAFIČKI ZAVOD d.o.o, Zagreb; HYPO ALPE-ADRIA-BANK, Podružnica Zadar; IGH d.d., Zagreb; INDUSTROGRADNJA d.d., Zagreb; INTERLIGHT d.o.o. Split; IZGRADNJA OBROVAC d.o.o. Obrovac; JADERA d.o.o., Zadar; JADRAN INVEST d.o.o., Zadar; JADROLINIJA d.d., Rijeka; JADRANKAMEN d.d., Pučišća; KAMEN d.d., Pazin; KERATEK d.o.o., Zagreb; LAVČEVIĆ d.d. Podružnica Zadar; LEUROCOM, Winnenden; LUČKA UPRAVA ZADAR; MARINA HRAMINA, Murter, MARINAPROJEKT d.o.o., Zadar, OTP BANKA, Zadar; PUNTA SKALA d.o.o., Falkensteiner, Zadar; SAS STROJOGRADNJA d.o.o., Zadar; ŠKOLSKA KNJIGA d.o.o. Zagreb, TANKERKOMERC d.d., Zadar; TANKERSKA PLOVIDBA d.d., Zadar; TEHNO d.o.o., Zadar; T - HRVATSKI TELEKOM, Zagreb; TENOS d.o.o., Zadar; TURISTHOTEL d.d., Zadar; TURISTIČKA ZAJEDNICA ZADARSKE ŽUPANIJE; TURISTIČKA ZAJEDNICA GRADA ZADRA; ZRAČNA LUKA ZADAR d.o.o.
