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LAURA TINTI

Fondamenta Santa Eufemia 681, Venezia, Italy
LAURA TINTI Cagliari , Italy, 1979 Graduated in Law at the University of Cagliari , BA in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, MA in Visual Art, at IUAV University of Architecture, Venice in 2015. He currently lives and works in Venice . His artistic activity is based on the combination of grotesque and dramatic social reality , tempered by playful or destabilizing elements : the object of her search is always a status quo in crisis , next to a forthcoming change.

Call for ideas 2016

Lanterna per Lucciole/Lantern for fireflies


A small scale Utopia

Lanterna per Lucciole/Lantern for fireflies


A small scale Utopia
Utopia is possible if it is thought of on a small and local scale.
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This is a project without buyers or lenders, not an architectural project in the strict sense.
At present the market of prostitution is encoded in this manner within Italian suburbs, in degrading conditions, both for those involved first hand and those who are involved indirectly, the state of affairs leaves room for improvement and is definitely not functional.
With the inclusion in the public space of a mobile device made ​​of materials that are readily available and cost efficient a substantial impact. This would positively influence the feeling of abandonment of those who live on the road; by changing the overall appearance of the boulevard, in favor of the residents, and at the same time of the customer. By underlining the presence of prostitutes by giving them their own space, despite being both mobile and temporary, their existence is recognized, and their rights and roles as human beings are brought into question.


A possible scenario, the girl standing in the Lantern

The Prototype: Iron, nylon 20, led light system, Arduino control system, a chair.dim. b. 150x150cm
H.250 cm

Maquette, cardboard, paper, led light dim. 15x15x25m

Lanterna per Lucciole/Lantern for fireflies


A small scale Utopia

Lanterna per Lucciole/Lantern for fireflies


A small scale Utopia
Utopia is possible if it is thought of on a small and local scale.
File under

This is a project without buyers or lenders, not an architectural project in the strict sense.
At present the market of prostitution is encoded in this manner within Italian suburbs, in degrading conditions, both for those involved first hand and those who are involved indirectly, the state of affairs leaves room for improvement and is definitely not functional.
With the inclusion in the public space of a mobile device made ​​of materials that are readily available and cost efficient a substantial impact. This would positively influence the feeling of abandonment of those who live on the road; by changing the overall appearance of the boulevard, in favor of the residents, and at the same time of the customer. By underlining the presence of prostitutes by giving them their own space, despite being both mobile and temporary, their existence is recognized, and their rights and roles as human beings are brought into question.


A possible scenario, the girl standing in the Lantern

The Prototype: Iron, nylon 20, led light system, Arduino control system, a chair.dim. b. 150x150cm
H.250 cm

Maquette, cardboard, paper, led light dim. 15x15x25m


Idea by

LAURA TINTI
Fondamenta Santa Eufemia 681
Venezia
Italy
LAURA TINTI Cagliari , Italy, 1979 Graduated in Law at the University of Cagliari , BA in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, MA in Visual Art, at IUAV University of Architecture, Venice in 2015. He currently lives and works in Venice . His artistic activity is based on the combination of grotesque and dramatic social reality , tempered by playful or destabilizing elements : the object of her search is always a status quo in crisis , next to a forthcoming change.