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Throughout the "Salone del Mobile 2004", Virtualgallery.it,
the photography, architecture and design web portal, will exhibit the cultural
project entitled GREEN ISLAND. Piazze, isole e verde pubblico,
an urban art, photography, architecture and design project. The artists are to
create an image on the theme of URBAN GREEN SPACES: squares, streets, lawns, stations,
rest areas, temporary green in the modern metropolis. The
drawings, renderings and photographs of the artists will be blown up to poster
size so as to be legible from within the urban environment, posted in crowded
areas such as stations: in particular around VIA PEPE near Porta Garibaldi, an
area seen as the new Brera district, renown meeting place for creative young artists
and designers. In the 2003 "Salone", the internationally known art director Christoph
Radl defined the area as "the new design district". Several of the most interesting
and innovative contemporary design movements have chosen to move their headquarters
to the neighbourhood. For
this reason, we feel that having already been a step ahead by identifying the
zone around the Isola neighbourhood - which is in close connection to that of
Porta Genova (Savona area) - we may continue to build on the project started in
2003 with the "Dal cucchiaio alla cittā - 040 all'Isola" event. Among
the many artists presented for the project, there are several of the great masters
of design both from Italy and around the world: Ettore Sottssas, Aldo Rossi, Andrea
Branzi, Boris Podrecca, Toyo Ito; the inventions of Futur
System, and the recently opened architectural studios
such as the A12 group, Studio EU, ma0, Marco Romanelli, StalkAgency, 2A+P
with nicole_fvr; and the photographs of artists who know how to deal with the
theme of urban green space, like Francesco Jodice, Marco Introini, Silvio
Wolf, Cesare Colombo, Alessandra Spranzi, Francesco Zucchetti and Luigi Ghirri. 2004
is also the centenary of the birth of Terragni, the master of rationalist architecture,
who, in the Porta Garibaldi neighbourhood itself, projected some of his most interesting
architectural works in Milan. We would like to pay a special tribute to him with
a specially created series of photographs taken by Paolo Rosselli, together with
a number of images by Maria Mulas and Francesco Radino. The
event will take place in Via Pepe, in the Isola neighbouhood within the Porta
Garibaldi area. The shops, arts and crafts workshops, design and architecture
studios of the area will be involved. There will be live music in the streets,
and cocktails on platform 20 of Garibaldi Station. Opening:
DOMENICA 18 APRILE ore 12 Ufficio
Stampa: Elisa Mezzetti elisamezzetti@email.it,
335/5431343 INFO: |
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