DESIGN WEEK MILAN | ALCOVA
VIA POPOLI UNITI 11-13, MILAN
9-14 APRIL 2019, 11 AM - 7 PM
Alcova is an experimental prototype for an itinerant cultural institution in development by Space Caviar and Studio Vedèt. Currently operating as a roving platform for art and design across multiple sites in and around Milan, it activates forgotten locations and spaces of historical significance, temporarily recasting them as venues for performative activities.
INVERTERE
Alcova Popoli, Milan Design Week 2019 - Matthew McCormick has created a site-specific, limited edition lighting installation for Alcova that will be presented during Milan Design Week, April 9 - 14. Sitting midway between a lighting sculpture and design-art object, the gestalt configuration will be an undulating cluster of McCormick’s Mila pendants combined to create a randomized, multi-layered composition.
Invertere is made up of 19 oblong forms finished in brushed sterling silver, featuring the newest iterations of his notable Mila fixture in four varied sizes and diameters. Suspended from the ceiling by a series of thin cables, the elegant collection of balanced and inverted globes imbues Alcova Popoli Uniti’s Room 11 with a sense of poetry and grandeur - balancing both shape and mass to create its dynamic effect.
Invertere is intentionally designed with the observer in mind. Presented as an exhibit that can be navigated and explored, the sculpture exudes a visual tension from every vantage point,” says McCormick. “The harmonious mix of impossible balance and gravity defied is seemingly random in nature; however the shape of each Mila pendant are intentionally positioned to create a unique, billowing dialogue between each form.”
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MORE ABOUT ALCOVA:
Preserved in a state of semi-abandonment and partly overgrown by spontaneous vegetation, the monumental building of the former panettone factory of G. Cova & Co. is a key site in the history of Milanese industry.
Located adjacent to Stazione Centrale and directly in front of the Rovereto stop on the red metro line (approximately 10 minutes from Duomo), it is easily reachable from all parts of the city.