
For the sixth year running, we’re celebrating Milan’s Salone del
Mobile design fair with a specially commissioned installation.
Partnering with London-based design duo Studio Swine, we have created
New Spring, an interactive installation and multisensory experience in
the city’s historic Cinema Arti.
Designed
to use minimal resources, the installation presents ephemeral
materials in a strange new context; delicate mist-filled ‘blossoms’
that disappear on contact with skin, but can be held by visitors
wearing special gloves. Producing these blossoms is the installation’s
bold centrepiece, a tree-like sculpture that references the ornate
chandeliers of Milanese palazzos.
“Inspired
by the famous cherry blossom festival in Japan, the installation is
designed to create a special moment that brings people together. A
fleeting shared experience that evokes a sense of the changing
seasons.”
— Studio Swine
Studio Swine (Super Wide Interdisciplinary New Explorers) is a
collaboration between Japanese architect Azusa Murakami and British
artist Alexander Groves. Creating works that span multiple disciplines
including art, design and film, Studio Swine explores themes of
regional identity and the future of resources in the context of
globalisation. Their work has gained an international audience having
been exhibited at institutions such as the Victoria & Albert
Museum in London, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the
Venice Biennales.
Open from 10.00 to 18.00 daily
Cinema Arti
Via Pietro Mascagni 8
20122 Milan