Staging an ambush on territorial memory. This is the start of the dialogue between Cristina Celestino and Giovanni De Maio: an attempt to recall hidden things, to bring ornaments and indelible signs back to light, transforming them into new identities.
The mnemonic world from which they emerge is composed of marine fragments, mineral sedimentations, geometric frameworks, rural weaves. It is the story narrated in great detail of an encounter between Mediterranean vegetation, decorative storytelling and stratification of materials.
This immense kaleidoscope is centered on five precise imprints, Helios, Thalassa, Chloris, Peplo and Graphé. They mix, intersect, come together and evolve, creating different scenarios and settings each time, new portraits and internal narratives.
Ornament finds its way into the frames, the stripes and backgrounds, becoming inseparable from the weave that hosts it. The collection constitutes a chart of elective affinities where chromatic resonance and iconography of the design outline a new way of cladding surfaces.
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