The Italian Stone Theatre

The Italian Stone Theatre

CATEGORY: LIQUIDO, SOLIDO, LITICO
PROJECT: MAREA

It is a post-modern contemporary and geometrical reinterpretation of those natural phenomena and it outlines profiles and silhouettes, which create reflections that resemble faces and their expressions.
The shapes that are generated by this artistic practice are then isolated, simplified and embedded in the composition that gives life to a tub or a sink.

MAREA CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A PAINTING ON AN OPEN GRAIN MARBLE SLATE. A LARGE MOON THAT INFLUENCES TIDE AND SWELL OF THE SEA, AFFECTING ITS LEVEL AND SHAPE

The choice of maintaining simple almost rigorous shapes, which counteract the typical streaks of Orobic Arabesque, is a gesture of consideration that preserves the lively and enchanting complexity and richness of colours. Because even the slightest inappreciable error produced by a possible formal excess, could surely generate confusion and hide reliefs and decorations, which play such a lead role in this case.

 Marea was the winner of the “Icon Award” 2018 and thereby became the new image for the Marmomac 2019 communication campaign.

ELENA SALMISTRARO

Designer and artist, she lives and works in Milan. Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan, she founded her own studio in 2009, working as a designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies in the creative industry. Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her work’s priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions. His projects have been selected for various international exhibitions. In 2017 she won the “Salone del mobile design Award” as “Miglior designer emergente”. Since 2107, the Ministero degli Affari Esteri has appointed her as an ambassador of Italian design in the world. In 2018 she was appointed Ambasciatrice of Brera Design District.

VICENTINA MARMI

Headquarters:
Via G. B. Zaupa, 24
36072 Chiampo (VI) Italy
Tel. +39 0444 625607
info@vicentinamarmi.com

Curated by Raffaello Galiotto

The Liquido, Solido, Litico exhibition sets off from the central theme of the Hall – water – to analyse its ancient bond with stone in greater detail: two natural elements whose destiny is to model each other. Water, whose perpetual cycle of flowing down towards the sea erodes rocks, and stone, that holds and embraces shapeless liquid in its cavities.
Mankind has also become involved in this relationship: since ancient times, people have carved the hardest and most resistant material to make hollow, sloping and smooth objects to contain, channel and flow water that simply cannot be gripped in our hands.
This event experiments with new forms and functions of products in stone intended for use with water through implementations characterised by innovative numerical control machining operations.

OPERA

It is a post-modern contemporary and geometrical reinterpretation of those natural phenomena and it outlines profiles and silhouettes, which create reflections that resemble faces and their expressions.
The shapes that are generated by this artistic practice are then isolated, simplified and embedded in the composition that gives life to a tub or a sink.

MAREA CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A PAINTING ON AN OPEN GRAIN MARBLE SLATE. A LARGE MOON THAT INFLUENCES TIDE AND SWELL OF THE SEA, AFFECTING ITS LEVEL AND SHAPE

The choice of maintaining simple almost rigorous shapes, which counteract the typical streaks of Orobic Arabesque, is a gesture of consideration that preserves the lively and enchanting complexity and richness of colours. Because even the slightest inappreciable error produced by a possible formal excess, could surely generate confusion and hide reliefs and decorations, which play such a lead role in this case.

 Marea was the winner of the “Icon Award” 2018 and thereby became the new image for the Marmomac 2019 communication campaign.

DESIGNER
ELENA SALMISTRARO

Designer and artist, she lives and works in Milan. Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan, she founded her own studio in 2009, working as a designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies in the creative industry. Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her work’s priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions. His projects have been selected for various international exhibitions. In 2017 she won the “Salone del mobile design Award” as “Miglior designer emergente”. Since 2107, the Ministero degli Affari Esteri has appointed her as an ambassador of Italian design in the world. In 2018 she was appointed Ambasciatrice of Brera Design District.

PRODUCTION
VICENTINA MARMI

Headquarters:
Via G. B. Zaupa, 24
36072 Chiampo (VI) Italy
Tel. +39 0444 625607
info@vicentinamarmi.com

CATEGORY

Curated by Raffaello Galiotto

The Liquido, Solido, Litico exhibition sets off from the central theme of the Hall – water – to analyse its ancient bond with stone in greater detail: two natural elements whose destiny is to model each other. Water, whose perpetual cycle of flowing down towards the sea erodes rocks, and stone, that holds and embraces shapeless liquid in its cavities.
Mankind has also become involved in this relationship: since ancient times, people have carved the hardest and most resistant material to make hollow, sloping and smooth objects to contain, channel and flow water that simply cannot be gripped in our hands.
This event experiments with new forms and functions of products in stone intended for use with water through implementations characterised by innovative numerical control machining operations.

FOTOGALLERY
VIDEO
MAKING OF

It is a post-modern contemporary and geometrical reinterpretation of those natural phenomena and it outlines profiles and silhouettes, which create reflections that resemble faces and their expressions.
The shapes that are generated by this artistic practice are then isolated, simplified and embedded in the composition that gives life to a tub or a sink.

MAREA CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A PAINTING ON AN OPEN GRAIN MARBLE SLATE. A LARGE MOON THAT INFLUENCES TIDE AND SWELL OF THE SEA, AFFECTING ITS LEVEL AND SHAPE

The choice of maintaining simple almost rigorous shapes, which counteract the typical streaks of Orobic Arabesque, is a gesture of consideration that preserves the lively and enchanting complexity and richness of colours. Because even the slightest inappreciable error produced by a possible formal excess, could surely generate confusion and hide reliefs and decorations, which play such a lead role in this case.

 Marea was the winner of the “Icon Award” 2018 and thereby became the new image for the Marmomac 2019 communication campaign.

ELENA SALMISTRARO

Designer and artist, she lives and works in Milan. Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan, she founded her own studio in 2009, working as a designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies in the creative industry. Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her work’s priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions. His projects have been selected for various international exhibitions. In 2017 she won the “Salone del mobile design Award” as “Miglior designer emergente”. Since 2107, the Ministero degli Affari Esteri has appointed her as an ambassador of Italian design in the world. In 2018 she was appointed Ambasciatrice of Brera Design District.

VICENTINA MARMI

Headquarters:
Via G. B. Zaupa, 24
36072 Chiampo (VI) Italy
Tel. +39 0444 625607
info@vicentinamarmi.com

Curated by Raffaello Galiotto

The Liquido, Solido, Litico exhibition sets off from the central theme of the Hall – water – to analyse its ancient bond with stone in greater detail: two natural elements whose destiny is to model each other. Water, whose perpetual cycle of flowing down towards the sea erodes rocks, and stone, that holds and embraces shapeless liquid in its cavities.
Mankind has also become involved in this relationship: since ancient times, people have carved the hardest and most resistant material to make hollow, sloping and smooth objects to contain, channel and flow water that simply cannot be gripped in our hands.
This event experiments with new forms and functions of products in stone intended for use with water through implementations characterised by innovative numerical control machining operations.

OPERA

It is a post-modern contemporary and geometrical reinterpretation of those natural phenomena and it outlines profiles and silhouettes, which create reflections that resemble faces and their expressions.
The shapes that are generated by this artistic practice are then isolated, simplified and embedded in the composition that gives life to a tub or a sink.

MAREA CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A PAINTING ON AN OPEN GRAIN MARBLE SLATE. A LARGE MOON THAT INFLUENCES TIDE AND SWELL OF THE SEA, AFFECTING ITS LEVEL AND SHAPE

The choice of maintaining simple almost rigorous shapes, which counteract the typical streaks of Orobic Arabesque, is a gesture of consideration that preserves the lively and enchanting complexity and richness of colours. Because even the slightest inappreciable error produced by a possible formal excess, could surely generate confusion and hide reliefs and decorations, which play such a lead role in this case.

 Marea was the winner of the “Icon Award” 2018 and thereby became the new image for the Marmomac 2019 communication campaign.

DESIGNER
ELENA SALMISTRARO

Designer and artist, she lives and works in Milan. Graduated from Polytechnic University of Milan, she founded her own studio in 2009, working as a designer and artist/illustrator for leading companies in the creative industry. Her creations are the result of a combination of art and design; utmost care for details, painstaking search for the harmony of shapes and poetic style characterize her projects. One of her work’s priorities is the search for the expressive language of objects, which may fascinate people by evoking emotions. His projects have been selected for various international exhibitions. In 2017 she won the “Salone del mobile design Award” as “Miglior designer emergente”. Since 2107, the Ministero degli Affari Esteri has appointed her as an ambassador of Italian design in the world. In 2018 she was appointed Ambasciatrice of Brera Design District.

PRODUCTION
VICENTINA MARMI

Headquarters:
Via G. B. Zaupa, 24
36072 Chiampo (VI) Italy
Tel. +39 0444 625607
info@vicentinamarmi.com

CATEGORY

Curated by Raffaello Galiotto

The Liquido, Solido, Litico exhibition sets off from the central theme of the Hall – water – to analyse its ancient bond with stone in greater detail: two natural elements whose destiny is to model each other. Water, whose perpetual cycle of flowing down towards the sea erodes rocks, and stone, that holds and embraces shapeless liquid in its cavities.
Mankind has also become involved in this relationship: since ancient times, people have carved the hardest and most resistant material to make hollow, sloping and smooth objects to contain, channel and flow water that simply cannot be gripped in our hands.
This event experiments with new forms and functions of products in stone intended for use with water through implementations characterised by innovative numerical control machining operations.

FOTOGALLERY
VIDEO
MAKING OF