Episodes of Contemporary Mosaics is a project that sees design and mosaic interacting and communicating with each other to produce new and unique objects for interior spaces. The exhibiton will take place during the VIII Biennale of Contemporary Mosaics in the city of Ravenna from 14 October 2023 until 14 January 2024.
The project – curated by Maria Cristina Didero, the first Italian curatorial director of one of the most important design fairs world wide, Design Miami – is conceived for the noble spaces of the Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste and it is supported and organized by the Municipality of Ravenna – Department of Culture and Mosaics, and by MAR – Art Museum of the city of Ravenna.
The project was born by commissioning six designers and artists, selected by the curator, to create objects to be realized in mosaic in propose to give value to productive and workshop skills in the contemporary and traditional mosaic’s field of the Ravenna’s territory. The industrial design, digital technologies of 3D printing and molding of the supporting surface, skills, and sensibilities typical of mosaic’s handcraft, made by stony and vitreous tiles joined ingeniously, offering a lot of charm and originality.
The projects designed by the authors Arthur Arbesser, Atelier Biagetti, Cara | Davide, Lanzavecchia + Wai, and Gio Tirotto, are realized in mosaic by the workshops of Annafietta, Gruppo Mosaicisti of Marco Santi, Pixel Mosaici, Koko Mosaico, and Barbara Liverani, in collaboration with WASP that is involved in the production of supporting surfaces printed in 3D in PLA (bioplastic obtained from corn starch). The design of Marco Guazzini is realized by CaCO3 in collaboration with Bencore and Upgroup for the production of the supporting surface in alveolar aluminium.
