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Mirza sings le Corbusier

It is quite legitimate to want historical monuments to live side by side with contemporary creations. But it does not only concern medieval abbeys. The announced event in Villa Savoye, a true manifest designed by Le Corbusier between 1928 and 1931, proves this. Located in the Paris suburb of Poissy, it was close to been demolished in the 1960s. It was then saved and restored, and will host British artist Haroon Mirza (born in 1977, the Golden Lion at the Biennale of Venice in 2011). He will be giving it a sound environment. Like in the case of the Erik Samakh’s flutes, light nourishes the synthesizers and produces a melody at certain moments. The original aspect f the artist’s creation, sponsored by the Lab’bel of the Bel Group, is also due to his way of valuing space: blindfolded he has decided to choose each of his passages, and decided to approach the location…
• Haroon Mirza, the Light Hoursat Villa Savoye, from 3 April to 29 June 2014.

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