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Coppedé a Roma

Unusual morning spent walking around Piazza Mincio. Here’s placed the Coppedé quarter, built by the architect Gino Coppedé in 1913-1926. The great but dark arcade in Tagliamento street  is the main entrance: a big ironwork chandelier is hanging from the…

Roll in Stones

Jewels are placed on industrial metal shelves in green, penicillin green, among half human and half gold plated mannequin heads. Upon them are settled sort of crystallized insects: bees, wasps, mosquitoes, flies. This is the Delfina Delettrez fall winter 2011/12 collection, presented…

The Butterfly

Inachis io in Buddleja davidii, D. Hirst 2009-2010 “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” Lao Tzu Butterfly is a symbol of Vanitas, of ephemeral beauty. Ephemeral comes from greek επί “in/on” and ημέρα “daytime” that is…

ATLAS: come portarsi il mondo sulle spalle?

La memoria Mnemosyne deriva dal greco μνήμων e significa memoria. Era il nome di una delle figlie di Urano e Gea, una Titanessa generata all’inizio dei tempi. Dalla sua unione con Zeus nacquero le nove Muse, protettrici dell’arte. Fu così…