科切拉音乐艺术节是全世界最受瞩目也是最重要的音乐节之一，从四月13日到15日和20日到22日为期六天的时间里，这一活动会为加州带来空前的音乐盛况。而由设计师Edoardo Tresoldi设计的“Etherea”装置，便是专为此次音乐节所打造。这位意大利艺术家以其惊艳的金属网雕塑而闻名世界，并被福布斯杂志评为欧洲最有影响力的30位艺术家之一。在拥有与“Life Is Beautiful”、“Roskilde”、“The Secret Garden Party”、“Eaux Claires”和“DERIVE”音乐艺术节合作经验之后，此次与科切拉艺术节的合作更是将Tresoldi在音乐艺术节的装置设计推向了全新的高潮。

“Etherea” is the site-specific installation conceived by Edoardo Tresoldi for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, one of the world’s most anticipated and important music events, a must-see attraction taking place over two consecutive weekends on April 13-15 and 20-22 in Indio, California. The Italian artist, known for his majestic wire mesh sculptures exhibited worldwide, has been named by Forbes as one of the 30 most influential European artists. The installation for Coachella represents the culmination of Tresoldi’s research in the music field, after his past collaborations with Life Is Beautiful, Roskilde, The Secret Garden Party, Eaux Claires and DERIVE music festivals.

自2009年开始，该艺术节就委任众多艺术家为这一盛宴打造艺术作品，而加州艺术节最大的艺术作品也是Tresoldi迄今为止最大的艺术作品。“The Arts Section”是其中最独特也是越来越占有重要地位的临时性舞台。今年，歌手Beyoncé, Eminem，The Weeknd，David Byrne，alt-J 和Fleet Foxes都将在此舞台献上自己的表演。Tresoldi在空间感知和装置与景观的互动关系这一实验性探索中迈进了一大步。该装置包含三个以新古典主义风格和巴洛克风格建筑为灵感的透明雕塑作品。这三个形状完全相同的装置位列统一轴线上，其尺寸分别为36、54和72英尺高。

Tresoldi’s biggest artwork to date is also the largest of the Californian festival, which has been commissioning international artists to conceive monumental works for its vast campgrounds since 2009. The Arts Section is a unique and increasingly crucial platform of contemporary visual arts within Coachella, which sees the likes of Beyoncé, Eminem, The Weeknd, David Byrne, alt-J and Fleet Foxes perform on its stages this year. Tresoldi’s research, focused on the experiential perception of the space and the relationship with the landscape’s elements, moves ahead with a significant change of scale. The installation consists of three transparent sculptures inspired by Neoclassical and Baroque architecture, all with identical shapes but different sizes, positioned on an axis and measuring 36, 54 and 72 feet in height, respectively.

“Etherea”遵循设计师一贯的实验性探索风格，将建筑视作表达场所和空间的工具，以天空和云朵为背景描绘出一个个经典的建筑形态。三个不同尺度透明金属网板所构成的空间模型，营造出意想不到的透视关系和光学效果，在人与天空之间建立了或远或近的距离关系。

“Etherea” follows a growing experiential path where architecture becomes a tool and place for contemplation, a dedicated space where the sky and clouds are narrated through the language of classical architecture. Thanks to the transparent wire mesh, an optical effect made of perspectives and dimensional relationships is generated by the passage through the three sculptures and measuring scales, which either amplifies or reduces the distance between man and sky.

引用“ Christian Norberg-Schulz”的话说就是“能看多远，天空就有多大”，因此，当建筑自身被放大时，天空便似乎距离观察者更加遥远。Tresoldi诗意般的装置中最独特的一点便是透明度“Absent Matter”。金属网过滤、影响和形成了“Etherea”的空间，它沉浸在风雨云之间，弥漫在无尽的加州美景之中。

If, quoting Christian Norberg-Schulz, “the sky is as large as the space from which it is seen”, then, when architecture expands itself, that same sky will appear ever more distant and the observer will feel like they are shrinking, liberating more space to contemplate the clouds. The transparency of the Absent Matter, unique to Tresoldi’s poetics and expressed through the wire mesh, filters, influences, and incorporates the space. The empty architectures of “Etherea” breathe through the clouds and the wind, permeated with California’s endless landscapes.

装置同时表达了纯净与过滤后的空间二元性，而人则处于这之间的中心位置。随着宏观空间的逐渐缩进，人们自身便幻化成为丈量，探究，阅读和体验空间的关键因素。人与建筑和周围环境之间的类比关系便由此建立。

The installation plays ironically on the dualism between the pure and the filtered experiences that intertwine with one another, to eventually leave the man at the center of it all. With the passage from a macro-reality to a restricted one, the human body becomes a key to read, discover, measure and experience reality, just like architecture itself. An analogy bewteen man, architecture and their surroundings is ultimately established.

“Etherea”连接公共娱乐活动，是专为音乐节打造的，与观众互动的大型临时性公共艺术装置。该装置是Tresoldi践行其短暂存在性雕塑的理想维度。该装置将所有元素转化为空间实体，又伴随着公共活动的结束戛然而止。作为一个临时性场所，科切拉艺术节的主题在“Etherea”装置中得到升华。这个仅短暂存活却宏伟无比的装置，象征着这个短暂进行却影响力巨大的音乐盛会。

Linked to the recreational side of the festival and specifically designed for a continuous interaction with the audience, “Etherea” is an ephemeral public artwork within Coachella’s large temporary city. It is the ideal dimension for Tresoldi to continue his sculptural narration of the ephemeral as a long-awaited suspended reality, as an entity that transforms all of its elements into an event, resulting in a public space that disappears once the event itself is over. As a temporary place, Coachella finds its embodiment in “Etherea”, an artwork designed around the idea of the highest expression of the transient, the clouds, authors of passing architectures that transfer the majestic sky into ephemeral domes.