Feu d’artifice (Firework)

Artist Giacomo Balla

1917

1917

Abstract action of light and colors to the music of Igor Stravinsky for Sergej Djagilev’s Ballets Russes, Teatro Costanzi, Rome 1917.

Reconstruction to scale by Elio Marchegiani, 1997, from Balla’s  signed plans; technical execution by Mariano Boggia and Luisa Mensi; electronic circuit, lights and sound by Massimo Iovine; coordinator, Maurizio Fagiolo dell’Arco

196 7/8 x 216 9/16 x 216 9/16 in.

Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino