Cromateria

During the Milan Design Week, the Diocesan Museum will become the stage for artistic and industrial installations.

Thanks to Sirca, a leading Italian industrial paint company, the cloister of the Diocesan Museum will host the Cromateria event from April 12th to 17th, 2016, in the framework of the Milan Design Week. The event consists of a series of installations designed by Luca Trazzi, aimed at guiding the visitor through a sensory and creative journey, thanks to the alternative use of paint, colors and materials. The Diocesan Museum is an integral part of Sant’Eustorgio, one of Milan’s oldest museum complexes, and it will be included in the artistic-cultural “5 Vie” circuit, which links some of the most important cultural institutions of Milan, from the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana to the Archeological Museum, including the Cenacolo Vinciano and other museums, cloisters, archeological sites, internal courtyards and many other places for you to discover. Providing an opportunity to international guests to discover the location, the installations will come alive in the evening, projecting lights, images and music. One of the sides of the cloister is missing, and it was re-built using a 36-meter-long and 6-meter-high wall made of modular iron elements. Here, using a series of projected images, some of the artworks belonging to the Museum collection, which includes over sever hundred pieces from the 4th century to the current one, will be shown to the public, along with images that highlight the contribution of the industry to this event. Two spiraling towers made of wood and metal and measuring 12 meters in height will support the multimedia projection system. At the base of these elements there will be two water pools. Alongside two smaller wooden elements, a 25-meter-long table will be placed in the cloister portico. The table boasts a plethora of colors and surfaces obtained and painted with Sirca products, so that the visitor can touch and feel different materials and finishes, colors that range from matte to shiny and that are deemed trendy for 2016, as well as different textures. This will be a truly comprehensive sensory experience.