Zaubertone: Mozart in Wien
Zaubertone: Mozart in Wien (1)

Zaubertone: Mozart in Wien (2)

1-2. The exhibition tour

Zaubertone: Mozart in Wien (3)

3. the lighting system: the adjustable conductive copper lighting appliance with extremely low-voltage halogen lamps supplied by conductors, again made of copper, sunk in the wooden beam




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This major exhibition organised inside the Kunstlerhaus featured all kinds of materials: paintings and etchings, sculptures, musical instruments, musical scores, correspondence, everyday objects and period relics. It also hosted a reconstruction of six of the composer´s opera sets. It was designed like a guided tour constructed out of long parallel walls fitted with glass windows. These windows had wooden reticular frames with channels inside them for playing the music. Indeed, a soundtrack of Mozart´s works accompanied the entire tour. The lighting appliances were also attached to these structures. These appliances, specially designed and manufactured in small numbers, were made of copper elements supporting a cardan joint to make the sources as adjustable as possible. This simple, mobile appliance was the main feature of all the exhibition lighting on both the walls and windows.
Wien, Austria
Piero Castiglioni