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La Venaria Reale Contemporary Art Production<\/h2>\n

Life at Court by Peter Greenaway<\/h3>\n

Peopling the Palaces, the site-specific multimedia installation created by Peter Greenaway<\/strong>, illustrates life at court through the faces and voices of famous Italian actors. Room\u00a01<\/strong>, rooms\u00a09<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a010<\/strong>, rooms\u00a028\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a029<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Paper Court by Isabelle de Borchgrave<\/h3>\n

Silk, velvet, lace, embroidery: the Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave<\/strong> has created thirteen spectacular gowns<\/strong> and attires using the most ephemeral of materials, paper.
\nThe display, located on the staircase leading to the Church of St. Hubert<\/strong>, celebrates elegance in the 18th century, which marked the peak of magnificence at the Court of Savoy.<\/p>\n

Music for the Great Gallery by Brian Eno<\/h3>\n

The sound installation Music for the Great Gallery<\/em> was created by Brian Eno<\/strong> specifically for this spectacular space. The English composer played with the grandiosity, the light and the reverberations of the Gallery <\/strong>to create an electronic piece<\/strong> with violin and piano in 12 movements. The sound flows out of four perfectly hidden speakers and the visitors find themselves immersed for more than one hour into a sound environment<\/strong> that changes as they move through the gallery.<\/p>\n

The square lights up by Michele De Lucchi<\/h3>\n

Piazza della Repubblica<\/strong>, with its famous paving patterns that recall sea waves, lights up with the lamp-posts designed by Michele De Lucchi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Piano concerto no.2 by Michael Nyman<\/h3>\n

A Celebration for Venaria Reale<\/em>, the work written by the English composer Michael Nyman<\/strong> for the Gardens of La Venaria Reale, is the soundtrack of the video installation that presents the restoration project for the Reggia and the Gardens in room 56<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Storyboard. Paladino at the Reggia of Venaria<\/h3>\n

This work specially created for the Reggia by artist Mimmo Paladino<\/strong>, one among the leading and most established figures of the Transavantgarde current, unravels inside three rooms bringing together painting and drawing, sculpture and installations, even cinema.<\/p>\n

Closer to the stars with Giovanni Anselmo<\/h3>\n

In the middle of Juvarra’s Grand Parterre<\/strong>, six slabs of African Black granite are positioned on the ground along a North-South line. They bear the inscription \u201cDove le stelle si avvicinano di una spanna in pi\u00f9<\/em>\u201d (Where the stars come one span closer), the title of Giovanni Anselmo<\/strong>\u2019s installation. Visitors can step onto the slabs to gaze at the stars from a little closer.<\/p>\n

The Fluid Sculptures and \u201cAnaphora\u201d by Giuseppe Penone<\/h3>\n

Inspired by the 17th century squared pattern of the Lower Park, the Garden of Fluid Sculptures by Giuseppe Penone<\/a> extends over 500 meters (around 1.750,00 feet) with 14 sculptures that punctuate a journey through the mineral, vegetal and human worlds.<\/p>\n

In continuity with the imposing installations of the Garden of Fluid Sculptures, inaugurated in 2007, ten years later Giuseppe Penone created Anaphora<\/a>, another series of seven smaller sculptures in the nearby recently restored niches of the Castellamonte Wall in the Lower Park.<\/p>\n

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