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Lines of Flight
von • by Numen / For Use mit Ivana Jonke
www.numen.eu

Imagine walking through a seventeenth-century palazzo and

suddenly finding yourself floating in a gigantic spider’s web from

which you experience the historical ambience from a completely

new perspective. As a visitor to this year’s Milan Design Week,

the idea may not sound all that strange to you... As part of

Fuorisalone 2024, the Croatian-Austrian collective Numen / For

Use developed the “Lines of Flight” installation for Porsche in

creative collaboration with architect Ivana Jonke: a temporary

construction made of metal tubes in the courtyard of Palazzo
Clerici, painted in black or white and covered with similarly

coloured safety nets. As part of the opening celebration, Dutch

choreographers Imre and Marne van Opstal put on a dance

performance that demonstrated the versatility of the structure.

The nets react to the movements, adapt to the body and demand

special interaction. The transparency of the meshed structure

allows the audience to view the performance from almost every

angle. In addition, by looking right through it, the space still

remains easily comprehensible – as long as it is viewed from

the ground! The experience becomes even more wondrous when

brave visitors dare to step onto the climbing scaffold. From

there, surreal perspectives and a new kind of spatial perception

can be experienced. The strong contrast between the black and

white areas and the geometric arrangement create various visual

impressions such as the dazzle effect and moiré patterns with

a dynamic visual impact. The designers Sven Jonke, Christoph

Katzler and Nikola Radeljkovic from Numen / For Use consider

their works as experimental pieces of public furniture.