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ARCHITECTS OF AIR / Image: Amococo / Photographer: Richard Osborn

Image: Amococo
Photographer: Richard Osborn

ARCHITECTS OF AIR

Participative sculpture|Visual art installation

SIZE OF COMPANY
2 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Large scale outdoor (up to 1300m2 ) but can adapt to smaller scale and indoor locations

PERMANENT STAFF
Director
Alan Parkinson
General Manager
Helen Skelton

ARTISTIC POLICY
The company aims to bring visual excitement and wonder to the everyday. The visitor encounters the beauty of light and colour within accessible, ephemeral architecture.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
It glows like stained glass, a phenomenon of radiant light and colour, such as you experience in a cathedral, providing the same kind of stimulation or peace.
The Independent
Think of it as visual art you can enter.
Donald Hutera
A sanctuary of the senses in the middle of Valencia, Levity II was an unprecedented success with both media and the 12,000 visitors.
Marivi Martin, Director, VEO Festival

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Amococo (1000m2) 2008 - an engineering triumph that maximises the space inside without increasing the size of the site. An intriguing and beautiful journey of exploration.
Levity III (1000m2) 2007 – labyrinthine tunnels and spacious domes inspired by the beauty of geometry and Islamic architecture - a sensual world of liquid light and colour.
Levity II (1000 m2) 2005 – dodecahedral domes, a luminous tree and a beautiful colonnaded centre chamber.  
Amozozo (800 m2) 2004 – inspired by the Iranian bazaar – disorientating passages and mosque-like domes. Features a startling ‘Tri-Dome’ structure whose seams are meshed neon-like strips of bright light
Triaxial (500 m2) – built in 2004 for indoor exhibition as part of Lille, European Capital of Culture. Features a new dome (2007) commissioned by the city of Enschede (NL)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Mirazozo for Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009.  3 satellite structures exhibited in outlying districts to be assembled into the biggest luminarium (1300m2) in the city centre next April 2009.

WRAP-AROUND
The luminaria can be used as enchanting environments to host concerts, storytelling, dance performances, press conferences, workshops, etc. The company has a broad experience of offering specialised sessions for people with special needs. The company can provide construction workshops (from 12 years) and design lectures (from 18 years)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Hungary, France: Amococo
2008 USA, Canada, Mexico: Levity III
2008 Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Germany: Levity II
2008 Ireland, Israel, Germany: Amozozo

TOURING AVAILABILITY
All productions are currently available for touring