Via Padova

Temporary installation

Metis Lighting and Light Follow Behaviour, in collaboration with cultural association “Via Padova è meglio di Milano” (Via Padova is better than Milan), came together to create an annual lighting event and installation which focused on the urban renewal and revitalization of Via Padova, a well know area for criminality issues and high immigration rate.

From 2011 to 2013 an unused grassy space transformed was after dark for one night.

2011: Jellyfish Invasion

2012: Giardino che non c’è (The Garden that Doesn’t Exist)

2013: Piazza La Luce (Place The Light)

Photography: Courtesy of Giuseppe Scuderi & Emanuela Uva

The given place for the installation was a green roof of the waterworks of Milan, a neglected area of which no one knows the function and where the access is not allowed.

With those installations, the purpose was to underline how sometimes, in the most difficult places, communities are more closed, active and helpful to face daily problems. Jellyfish Invasion, Il giardino che non c’è and Piazza La Luce are a sign and a dream for a fragile area, but full of energy and enthusiasm, characterized by a multicultural and real supportive community.