Installation to be visible every night from 20 September until 15 October.This autumn, a 500-metre stretch of the towering embankment walls along Rome's river Tevere will be illuminated in a monumental light installation called Luminis.The project, comprising a sequence of luminous rectangular frames of various sizes on the right bank between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini, will be inaugurated on Saturday 20 September at 20.00. With his site-specific installation, the 30-year-old Italian artist Mario Carlo Iusi seeks to revive and renew the connection between contemporary art, historical memory and the urban landscape. Luminis can be experienced two ways: a panoramic view from the opposite bank or nearby bridges, and a close-up view from the quayside Piazza Tevere, where spectators are invited "to observe the work slowly, rediscovering the smallest and most surprising details, inscribed within each luminous frame", Claudia Pecoraro writes in her critical essay about the installation. "Light is the true protagonist of the project" - Pecoraro writes - "It is light that guides the viewer's attention, inviting them to linger where their gaze had wandered distractedly and fleetingly". Luminis offers passersby the chance to "engage not only with the tensions layered in the history of a city like Rome, but also with the broader and more pressing ones that permeate the present". Organisers, non-profit association Tevereterno, say the project continues the legacy of William Kentridge who in 2016 created the Triumphs and Laments frieze in the same space, offering an impressive visual narrative on the history of Rome. Luminis will be visible after dusk every night from 20 September until 15 October, along with a parallel series of free events, open to the public by reservation. For full details about the project see the Tevereterno website.

This autumn, a 500-metre stretch of the towering embankment walls along Rome's river Tevere will be illuminated in a monumental light installation called Luminis. The project, comprising a sequence of luminous rectangular frames of various sizes on the right bank between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini, will be inaugurated on Saturday 20 September at 20.00. With his site-specific installation, the 30-year-old Italian artist Mario Carlo Iusi seeks to revive and renew the connection between contemporary art, historical memory and the urban landscape. Luminis can be experienced two ways: a panoramic view from the opposite bank or nearby bridges, and a close-up view from the quayside Piazza Tevere, where spectators are invited "to observe the work slowly, rediscovering the smallest and most surprising details, inscribed within each luminous frame", Claudia Pecoraro writes in her critical essay about the installation. "Light is the true protagonist of the project" - Pecoraro writes - "It is light that guides the viewer's attention, inviting them to linger where their gaze had wandered distractedly and fleetingly". Luminis offers passersby the chance to "engage not only with the tensions layered in the history of a city like Rome, but also with the broader and more pressing ones that permeate the present". Organisers, non-profit association Tevereterno, say the project continues the legacy of in the same space, offering an impressive visual narrative on the history of Rome. Luminis will be visible after dusk every night from 20 September until 15 October, along with a parallel series of free events, open to the public by reservation.