# Serenely Floating Landmark Art Giuseppe Lo Schiavo Creates Surreal Worlds Out of Wordly Monuments By Simal Yilmaz | Published 2013-03-21 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giuseppe-lo-schiavo References: [mymodernmet](http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/giuseppe-lo-schiavo-levitation) & [giuseppeloschiavo](http://www.giuseppeloschiavo.com/) Giuseppe Lo Schiavo's artwork is of a pleasantly [surreal collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marison-heler) of world landmark photos edited to look like their own [floating worlds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/floating-bench). He has used monuments such as the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Collosseum in Rome. He places them on top of [giant rocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drifting-stones) as if they have been pulled out of the ground by force and are left floating in the air on top of an ocean. "I use photography to materialize my visions and not for interpreting the reality" said the artist, referring to his art form as an actualization of his acute imagination. "I have seen an entire city in a window, a mountain in a pebble; I even saw colors in a black & white picture." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 74% | Activity: 40% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Floating Landmarks:** Opportunity for tourism industry to create immersive experiences around iconic landmarks that seem to defy gravity. - **Surreal Photography:** Opportunity for the art industry to explore unconventional photography techniques to create dreamlike worlds from real life landmarks. - **Imaginary Realities:** Opportunity for the entertainment industry to create alternate realities that are both otherworldly and recognizable. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Tourism:** Incorporating technologies such as augmented reality or virtual reality to create immersive landmark experiences that seem to defy reality. - **Art:** Exploring new, unconventional photography and editing techniques to create surreal and dreamlike worlds from familiar landmarks. - **Entertainment:** Creating alternate realities that mix real life landmarks with fictitious elements to create immersive and surreal entertainment experiences. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI-Generated Real-World Transformations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-generated-world.md) - [Statement Street Art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surreal-street-art-1.md) - [Monumental Air Installation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iwagumi-air-scape.md) - [Optical Illusion Replica Artworks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/liberty-science-center.md) - [Painting-Immersive Photo Exhibits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-ground-exhibition.md) - [Wooden Light-Hearted Sculptures](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dream-sculpture.md) - [Paper-Made Mosaic Artwork](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/real-life-architecture-exhibition.md) - [Colossal AI Artworks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-artwork.md) - [Sculptural Mall Dreamscape](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unbounded-sanctuary.md)