The Island of Lopud: Art Pavilion (June 20 to October 31, 2007)

As a part of the symposium "Patronage of Space", the critically acclaimed light installation /click/ "Your Black Horizon Art Pavillon"(the 51st Venise Biennale) by Danish-Icelandic artist /click/Olafur Eliasson, made in collaboration with London-based architect David Adjaye, has arrived to the Island of Lopud, Dubrovnik. "This distinctive location allows the artist and architect to test the conceptual nature of the project: to develop art and the spaces for art with respect for the site they inhabit. Embedded in an historic context, Lopud’s rich Renaissance heritage and lively tourist development, the pavilion is a model for art destination travel and contemporary interventions. The challenge is to make a portable and temporary museum, which sits comfortably in its surrounding natural site." And in which the color of the light changes spectrum according to the time of day, from sunrise to sunset.
Lopud is a precious little island of Mediterannean and subtropic vegetation, cypress and pine parks and citrus gardens. Lopud has always been an island of sea. Many highly reputed seamen were born there among which the illustrious captain Miho Pracat (known as the only person to whom the Republic of Dubrovnik built a statue, since the cult of a person was not popular in the Republic).