This project aims to create a sculptural intervention in the interior and exterior spaces of a public museum in Curitiba (BR). 

Conceptual approach: the work seeks to provoke the public (visitors of the museum or not) to reflect about the presence of cultural spaces in the city’s routine. Visually, the intervention will work as a metaphore for the union between art and urban life. The metaphore resides specially in the work’s image, that embodies the symbol of the Needle, a tool used to create connections. This monumental needle intervention will cross through the museum’s building, uniting the inside of the cultural space with the outside, and vice-versa. The needle’s thread extends the symbolic meaning, embracing nearby sctructures such as buildings.

Formal approach: 

Materially, the work consists in several elements, divided to enable attachment to the architecture. Each element is handbuilt by the artist, using a PVC and polystyrene core, covered with fiberglass, polished and painted professionaly with chrome synthetic enamel. The finishing creates a metallic effect, mimicking the appearance of the real object (needle).
These materials and techniques make the work weather and time resistant.
The thread element is created using plastic and polyethylene, flexible and very resisting materials. Dimentions may vary.
The work will be attached to the chosen building using a screwed steel base, as shown in the images attached.
Total dimensions may vary according to site.