Launched in 2017 for the opening of the Murano space, Murano Gallery LUab 4.0, Light Blowing — a project conceived and developed under the creative direction of Ilaria Ruggiero and Samantha Punis (co-owner of AtemporaryStudio) — brought together creative, curatorial, organisational, communication and long-term strategic vision skills.
The project’s success was made possible thanks to a structured network of partners and supporters who came together to organise a complex event held over two editions in the heart of the Venetian lagoon, in Murano and Venice.
Light Blowing was created to promote the richness of blown glass lighting design today, enhancing its potential through experimental and original productions, the result of a combination of traditional techniques and the use of mixed techniques.
The project aimed to bring together very different production dimensions and tell their story. Murano and Czech glass, the authorship of great masters with the visions of famous designers, exclusive and limited productions, brands that know how to powerfully impose their own personal creative language.
The second edition in 2018 — hosted in the extraordinary spaces of Fondaco Marcello overlooking the Grand Canal — marked an important turning point by focusing its investigation on unpublished projects, site-specific installations or limited edition products created specifically for the Venetian event.
A plurality of voices presented the complexity and richness of contemporary glass production through the works of Mason Editions / Ochre / Filippo Feroldi for Purho and Colleoni Arte / Soffi / Matti Klenell / Katja Pettersson / Simon Klenell / Åsa Jungnelius / Ludvig Löfgren / Stina Löfgren / Gabriella Gustafson / Monica Backström / Mattias Ståhlbom and Carina Seth Andersson for The Glass Factory in collaboration with The National Museum in Stockholm / Cristina Celestino for WonderGlass.
