The "Corderia dell'Arsenale", a 300m-long, historical building and former rope factory, provides an attractive setting for the exhibition. Rows of dynamically curved, gleaming white platforms conjure up images of gondolas bobbing up and down on the swell. The highly effective scenic lighting on the exhibits and partitioning walls - the latter resplendent with plans, sketches, photos and computer graphics - was provided by ERCO, who supplied 480 meters of track and a total of over 450 powerful spotlights and floodlights from the Stella, Parscan, Optec and Jilly ranges, plus accessories such as attachment lenses, filters and barn doors.