On the occasion of Saloni 2008, Peter Greenaway gives new life to the world’s most celebrated masterpiece "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci, merging an extraordinary wealth of languages including visual arts, cinema, poetry, music and some of the most cutting-edge new technologies.
Leonardo’s masterpiece "The Last Supper" has survived both the fast natural ageing process caused by experimental painting techniques conceived by the artist and the many attempts to restore its initial aspect, as well as having outlasted bombings during World War II. The Biblical scene will come to new life under the spectator’s eyes thanks to live projections of images and light bouncing on the very painted surface, accompanied by a soundscape of voices, music and noises. The performance will take place in the Refectory of the Dominican Friary in Santa Maria delle Grazie Church: on the very wall of the refectory, Leonardo portrayed the moment when Christ announces one of the apostle will betray him, causing disruption and dismay among them.
Announcement: After succesful events in Gent (Belgium), Compton Verney Warwickshire (UK), Fort Asperen (The Netherlands) and Sao Paulo (Brasil) the Tulse Luper Suitcases Exhibition will now visit new places in the world in a 3 year tour (2008 - 2011).
92 suitcases In the exhibition Greenaway brings all the drama of cinema to life through objects, music, video and special effects. The exhibition will feature all 92 suitcases, natural and man-made, packed with amazing special effects and artefacts. A complete multi-media encyclopedia emerges through objects and audiovisual representations of all determining elements of life in the Atomic Age. Each exhibition will be made in a unique way for each museum/country, offering the audience through modern technology a unique peek into Luper's local findings during his travels.
The world according to Tulse Luper Luper was born in 1911 in Newport, South Wales and disappeared into ever more obscure prisons and jails in Russia and the Far East in the 1970s. He would have been 100 in 2011. In the last century, this extraordinary man archived his entire life in 92 suitcases. His life is shrouded in mystery, but it seems that Luper has been present at some of the key historical events of the 20th century, including the first nuclear tests in New Mexico, the 1968 Paris student protests and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Although Luper spent most of his life being a professional prisoner, he still managed to collect a large amount of objects and store them in suitcases. In a way, these suitcases represent the world according to Tulse Luper.
Tulse Luper is still presumed to be alive somewhere in the world - probably in a prison somewhere.
Luper’s fascination
As a writer, collector, cataloguer and professional list-maker Luper is fascinated by traces, systems, maps, numbers and artifacts. The exhibition explores the connections between objects, events and ideas, re-peopling the house and bringing the collections and building to life. At the heart of the exhibition is the collection of 92 suitcases that Luper has supposedly abandoned on his travels. Tickling all senses, their content can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted and felt, providing intriguing clues to his existence, his obsessions, the people he has met, and the places he has visited.
More information on the Tulse Luper project: click here .
Initiated by The Netherlands' Kasander Film Company, Nightwatching is based around the painting of Rembrandt's most famous picture:"The Nightwatch".
The film was accompanied by a special installation that Greenaway designed for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It was shown next to the actual "Nightwatch" painting and casted some light on the characters portrayed in the famous work.
From October 12 2007 the inauguration takes place of the finalised tour of the restored Reggia of the Venaria Reale in Turin, one of the most significant examples of architectural magnificence and international Baroque art from the 17th and 18th century. An international exhibition entitled “The Reggia di Venaria and the Savoy Dynasty. History and magnificence of a European court”, with over 400 prestigious works from the major art and historical museums in the world; and “Repopulating the Reggia”, pageants created and presented by Peter Greenaway. Click here for video interview with Peter Greenaway.
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, a personal history of Uranium, is an on-going multi-media project by British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. It is manufactured as a series of feature films for the cinema, a television series, numerous DVDs, a Suitcases Exhibition , a live cinema VJ performance , a website, an online internet game, a library of 92 books, and various theatre events, exhibitions and installations. Click here for more information.
On the occasion of Saloni 2008, Peter Greenaway gives new life to the world’s most celebrated masterpiece "The Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci, merging an extraordinary wealth of languages including visual arts, cinema, poetry, music and some of the most cutting-edge new technologies.
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