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Butterfly dome, Westin Palace, Madrid, © Xavi Muñoz 2012
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1000 Butterflies, Westin Palace Madrid, autor: Xavi Muñoz 2012
In context of it´s 100 aniversary the Westin Palace Hotel in Madrid, contracts an installation of Xavi Muñoz. A colony of golden butterflies will fill the air under the modernist cristal dome, some carrying golden facsimiles of the original hotel-key. Once more malinche collaborates in the production and execution of a work by this Catalan artist.
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butterfly-landing at the Palace, © Xavi Muñoz 2012
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golden butterfly, Westin Palace_Madrid, © Xavi Muñoz 2012
The work can only be executed at night when the dome salon is not in use by the costumers. From late afternoon on until midnight strings of butterflies, lined up on nylon, are prepared.
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lines of butterflies in preparation, Westin Palace Madrid 2012
The butterfly-nylon strings are suspended from the central chandelier to the nerves of the crystal dome. For the string-to-nerve attachment custom made clamps are produced. Pressure based jaw-clamps with strong, slightly sharpened teeth are used to attach to the smaller t-shaped steel-nerves. Adjustable wing-clamps are used to grab around the broad but delicate ornamental nerves. To the eye of the viewer the clamps are hidden by the cornice.
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clamps for attachment to small steel nerves, Westin Palace, Madrid 2012
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butterflies under cristal dome, photo ©Xavi Muñoz 2012
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butterflies under cristal dome, Xavi Muñoz, Madrid 2012
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1000 Butterflies, Xavi Muñoz, Westin Palace Madrid 2012
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