By way of Forestartwork and design exhibition on the Teatro dei Ragazzi in Turin, was of Serena Confalonieri site-specific set up, Volley-ball. The venture, which was exhibited on the Nitto ATP Finals tennis event, was created for the LEA (Lead Unique Space), an area for receiving worldwide visitors on the occasion. The idea – that nature pre-exists the work of man on Earth – was easy sufficient, however the execution appears to be something however. The final word objective of the venture was to offer guests an opportunity to expertise a return to nature. A spot the place individuals are free of the results of civilization and may reside a life guided by instincts.
Volley-ball introduced this idea to life within the LEA lobby. The floral composition, created utilizing each synthetic and pure supplies, is an explosion of coloration and texture. Confalonieri used polyurethane panels for the reception, benches and tables, all milled with a vertical motif harking back to classical columns. In the meantime, dried crops and flowers sprout from these parts in shades of lilac, purple, orange, yellow and white. This vegetation takes over the polyurethane-built structure of the set up, creating a way of being someplace between fiction and actuality.
In its closing type, Confalonieri’s Volley-ball he was stuffed with ease and beauty. its mushy, curved, vigorous and harmonious types – identical to the actions of tennis gamers on the court docket.
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Photograph by Serene Eller.