Artist Edoardo Tresoldi has placed 46 columns in a park in the Italian city of Reggio Calabria to create a permanent installation called Opera.
Built in the park of via Giunchi on the seafront of Reggio Calabria with views across the Strait of Messina to the island of Sicily, the architectural installation was created to be a place of contemplation.
Edoardo Tresoldi created the Opera installation in Reggio Calabria
"When I came to Reggio Calabria I found in the park that would have become Opera's location an intimate and snug spot in which to take a moment from everyday life and contemplate Sicily across the sea," Tresoldi told Dezeen.
"Contemplation is an occasion of pure listening and connection with the place, Opera's pillars celebrate these simple moments," he continued. Opera consists of 46 wire-mesh columns
In total Tresoldi installed 46 columns, the tallest of which is eight metres high, throughout the park to create a series of colonnades. Each of the columns is made from an open wire-mesh structure and lit from below by spotlights.
By recreating the language of classical architecture in a semi-transparent form, Tresoldi hopes that the installation will encourage people to think about the space they are in.
The columns frame views across to Scilly
"Opera is born to celebrate the relationship between the human beings and the surroundings, the Strait of Messina, a magnetic place which I consider the actual eternal monument of Reggio Calabria,&...