Goppion celebrates launch of Islamic Arts Biennale 2025
25 Jan 2025
Image © Marco Cappelletti, courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation
All That Is In Between, the second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, opened today in Jeddah. Goppion is delighted to announce its contribution to the 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale, which is running until 25 May.
Organized by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, the Islamic Arts Biennale is a unique opportunity to bring together Islamic artworks and objects from all over the world, and from a wide variety of museums.
Goppion has created 144 display cases for the occasion, set to showcase both historical and contemporary objects from prestigious collections across galleries 3, 4 and 5. These include pieces from the Al Thani Collection, previously displayed in Goppion showcases at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, and items from major international museums like the Louvre, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and others.
OMA designed the scenography for the Islamic Biennale. For this project, Goppion collaborated with BLACK, a global leader in producing and managing cultural projects.
Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 is held at the Aga Khan Award–winning Western Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah.
KEY FACTS
- Working to a concept by exhibition designer Colin Morris of Colin Morris Associates, Goppion created a combination of freestanding, wall-mounted and table cases – 144 units in total.
- A unique Goppion-engineered interior display arrangement comprises a modular table made of a series of stackable rings, which allows the display surface to be adjusted to different heights.
- Vertical display cases (both freestanding and wall-mounted) are also equipped with flexible interior fittings such as vertical or inclined panels to accommodate different types of objects.
- The flexibility of these cases, linear and clean in their essential design, is key to this project.
A noteworthy piece is a 6-meter-long horizontal table display case, with a seamless glass hood made from jointless single sheets, which will contain an exceptional loan from the Vatican Apostolic Library. - Goppion’s work meets the strictest requirements for world-class museum display cases. All feature high airtightness and passive RH (relative humidity) stabilization, with provisions for active stabilization as well.
- Goppion’s use of state-of-the art technology gives equal importance to preventive conservation and elegant design.
- The project was delivered in just six months: from Colin Morris’s concept design, thru engineering, production and assembly of the cases in a production unit dedicated exclusively to this project.
Image © Marco Cappelletti, courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation
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