Visionair at Fuorisalone 2018 in Milan

Visionair is an installation, made on the occasion of the Salone del Mobile 2018 in Milan, that stems from a reflection on the theme of reversal of the point of view. The installation is a visible object inside the Ca‘ Granda, a small architecture that immediately communicates its presence; a structure that, when approaching, reveals itself, allowing visitors to perceive the presence of a space inside, an unusual space that invites people to enter a surreal and upside-down dimension of reality. The act of crossing a threshold, of entering an interior space, alludes to the imaginary of the home, which welcomes and protects.

The choice of mirroring materials creates an abstract image from the outside and immersive from the inside. As in a kaleidoscope, the video images of the interior are broken down, overturned, recomposed in new forms, generating an unexpected story of which the visitor is completely part of. The installation, completely independent of the context in terms of language and materials, finds a strong dialectic relationship with the existing through a close dialogue with the neighbouring portico, finding in it its own geometric and spatial matrix. The basic model is generated starting from the rhythm of the portico, a square matrix of 1.17 m – one third of the intercolumnio – and consists of the intersection of three families of vertical surfaces, two oriented parallel to the porticoes, one inclined at 45 degrees. Starting from this simple geometry three cutting operations were carried out: the first generates the internal space, the second accommodates the existing tree making it become part of the composition, the third finally defines the diagonal section that tends towards the sky.