events Design Week 2018 territory

17.04.2018 - 22.04.2018

/ME·TA·MÒR·FO·SI/

Art+Design

5vie event

physical event

Mysterious creatures, halfway between the real and the imaginary: these are the works in the Metamorfosi exhibition which Francesco Musci will present at the 5 Vie and the Sneakers Store Par5 in Milan from the 10 th to the 22 th of April, during the Milan DesignWeek 2018. The designer has imagined a parallel universe and fantastical ecosystems inhabited by hybrid organisms, embodied by the scraps and the packaging materials acquired through a project of circular economy implemented by Milan’s sneakers stores. These organisms describe a utopian future in which trash has nearly overtaken and replaced nature. Elements such as shoe filler, cardboard, zip ties, laces, silica gel etc. are often carelessly scattered around the environment and find themselves living in nature, even being mistaken for animals due to their captivating shapes, whether as prey or partners. This initial thought lead the designer to build a parallel reality as seen through the eyes of the animal world. Ecosystems inhabited by these fantastical beings as experimental works of artisanal and sustainable postproduction, with an eye for detail peculiar to Couture. In observing these intelligible creatures, the visitor is prompted to question whether they are the result of an artificial or a natural process. In the face of an obsolete system of production and distribution, the materials which are worked on the other side of the world only return to the place of origin and then are tragically scattered in nature as new inhabitants of the environment.


WHERE: Carton tutto per lo sport - via Cesare Correnti, 2 | Par5 - corso di Porta Ticinese, 16 | Spazio Sanremo