ATMOSFERICA. Seasons and Temperaments.
Exhibition by Rebecca Moccia
The site-specific project developed for Casa Zegna by the artist Rebecca Moccia (Napoli, 1992) concentrates on atmospheric transformations and draws on the peculiarities of this space to reflect the connection between climate and environmental changes and the temperaments of those who experience them.
The project was engendered by Rebecca Moccia’s numerous visits to the Casa Zegna archive and museum facility and Oasi Zegna. The latter is a 100 km2 area surrounding the eponymous wool mill and was created by Ermenegildo Zegna at the beginning of the last century as a unique model of social and environmental conscience.
The artist weaves together materials with the opposite properties of dissipating or absorbing heat, of allowing or preventing the passage of light, of softening or sharpening the sound effects that travel through the ambience to dress Casa Zegna’s architecture. The temperature gradients are also accentuated by the use of cold colors for the summer and warm colors for winter.
The exhibition is part of Fondazione Zegna’s focus on the relationship between nature, art and science, which was launched in 2020 with the Zegna Forest renewal plan to monitor the health of Oasi Zegna. Diversi artisti sono stati coinvolti nell’interpretazione degli aspetti filosofici, visivi ed emotivi (Laura Pugno, 2021; Emilio Vavarella, 2022; Roberto Coda Zabetta, 2023).
