A slow and loyal art

WORDS & PHOTOS: Lorenzo Nassimbeni

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Lorenzo Nassimbeni is fascinated by fine art and architecture, and where these disciplines meet. He shares "a pictorial manifesto" of Venice in his first blog post.

At architecture school, pretty much on the first day, one is taught to consider and appreciate the principle that an idea may package itself as a theoretical, conceptual thought or as a physical, resolute object.

What made becoming an architect so enthralling was navigating the route that binds these two forms of “idea”.

Along that route, as a student, one became versed in the language of architecture. It became a clear discovery that architecture is a deep, considered, slow and loyal art. It encompasses all, and feels slightly astronomical, particularly to a student.

Slowly, but with comfort, the eye adjusts, almost in the way it becomes aware of the shudders with which light conditions change at that curious moment by which day and night find a peace in meeting.

I became fascinated with the area in which the disciplines of architecture and fine art meet. Here I found that this link between a theoretical concept and its physical or spatial resolution had a definite and almost concrete presence.

In travelling and learning and drawing my way through cities, I uncovered scenarios where the theoretical links between architecture and fine art were punctuated by resounding examples.

In particular, along a route between the Architecture School in Venice, Italy, and my then beloved postage stamp apartment, I found such examples. I photographed them, and the resulting documents have become a pictorial manifesto of sorts.

The photographs shown here depict a stand-alone canvass screen upon which an image of the street-scape has been printed. A drawing / representation of the city is placed directly within the space it references. The city mirrors itself in print. Theoretical concept and physical resolution parade holding hands in the street. Architecture and fine art marry, as though it were just another day.

My interest in surface design, and in particular surface design with an architectural filter, was born. I am very happy indeed that it was.

About Lorenzo:

Lorenzo Nassimbeni is an architect working in the medium of wallcovering and fabric design, fine art and mural design. His work is inspired by the South African and international built environment, and is architectural in every aspect. Lorenzo is noted for the focus he places on the area where the disciplines of architecture and fine art meet. His design methodology is simple and essential in that he uses the medium of drawing with black ink on white paper as the basis for his products.

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