"..It had seemed possible to me that, through hypnosis, through meditation or the appropriate drug, I could change my consciousness in order to be able to know from within what the visionary, the average and even the mystic are talking about.” Aldous Huxley, ‘The Doors of Perception’
Serena Confalonieri presents her exhibition Burning Bright at Contemporary Cluster Apartamento, a reference point for culture, design and visual arts in Rome: located at Palazzo Brancaccio, it’s one of the most important 19th century buildings of the city. Burning Bright opens on November 5th, 2022 and runs until January 7th, 2023, and it’s Serena Confalonieri's first solo show: an exhibition that lets us discover the dreamy and colorful imagery that permeates all of the designer's projects.
The title refers to the poem 'The Tyger' by William Blake, the author who first explored the idea to expand our perception. Serena Confalonieri takes us on a journey that narrates her works through the filter of color perception, taking inspiration from Aldous Huxley’s research (Huxley himself was an admirer of Blake's poem) on the perception alterations following the use of psychedelic drugs, as told in his essay 'The doors of perception'. Burning Bright accompanies the viewer in a vibrant and colorful space, where sight and all the other senses are overstimulated by strong colors and kaleidoscopic patterns.
The exhibition hosts a selection of Serena Confalonieri's works: brand new projects, customized versions of products designed for renowned companies - Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Illulian, Lanificio Leo, l’Opificio, Medulum, MM Lampadari, Sambonet, Servomuto, Wall&Decò -, and a selection of pieces from the designer's self-productions. Burning Bright takes place and gives life to 7 different rooms, creating an experience that takes us through a mental but also physical journey, towards exotic and mystical places. A visual explosion welcomes the visitors: Kyma tablemats designed for Sambonet, create a stellar cloud on the walls, that invites them to get closer and prepares them for the next room. Here we find the Nebula water pipes, which immediately lead the visitors to immerse themselves in a cosmic and hallucinogenic setting.
Continuing on, Serena Confalonieri reverses narrative again, deciding to exhibit the Calypso collection not on the vertical axis, but horizontally, over circle of sand, designing a sort of mandala. All around, as if they were motionless spectators or guardians, the three cabinets of the Parvati collection by Medulum stand still: they are inspired by the 60's psychedelia and the mental and physical journey to distant destinations, in this case, India. This colorful journey also continues in the fourth room, which opens onto two recent products designed by Serena Confalonieri that best describe the designer's kaleidoscopic and decorative vision: Venus lamp collection for Servomuto, proposed in new custom color combinations, and Laki rug, designed for Illulian. Both projects take off and generate a circular, continuous and repetitive movement that enchants and stuns at the same time.
The exhibition itinerary continues in the fifth room with a new textile production with the new plaids / tapestries designed for Lanificio Leo. The collection represents the designer's interpretation of Huxley's visions induced by mescaline. It begins with the perception of colored, mobile and geometrically alive shapes. Soon pure geometry is transformed into patterned, vast and complicated shapes that are constantly changing. Then bright spots and fragments of colored glass that resemble transparent fruits appear, and subsequently, membranes of color, points of light and zigzag lines of very bright colors. These visions change into wavy and brilliant clouds and constructed elements appear. They are soon replaced by a mountain, a peak of inconceivable height, a flutter of colored drapes and an efflorescence of precious stones. Then at the end a vision of green and purple waves crashing on the beach with myriad lights of the same colors.
In the sixth room, the visitors step into a third room where they find Arcadia ottomans made for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna and upholstered with Scott fabric, designed by Serena Confalonieri for l’Opificio. These poufs are deliberately characterized by bright and contrasting colors to create in the visitor the impression of an expanded perception and the ability to see much brighter colors and vibrant shapes. On the walls we find a selection of embroidered stitch works, made by the designer, that depict details of natural objects from a very close point of view. It is from these distances that "man loses his supremacy or vanishes completely" and his mind allows him to go beyond the shape of objects and get lost in a vision that normally only the artist, the visionary or the mystic would be able to penetrate.
At the end of the exhibition, the last room of Serena Confalonieri's solo show hosts five Layla lamps designed for MM Lampadari and a custom version of her Starlight wallpaper for Wall&Decò. A constellation of intermittent stars that opens a door on a vibrant universe and on the designer’s infinite creative landscapes, giving life each time to functional objects characterized by a continuous research of new expressive languages.
"..It had seemed possible to me that, through hypnosis, through meditation or the appropriate drug, I could change my consciousness in order to be able to know from within what the visionary, the average and even the mystic are talking about.” Aldous Huxley, ‘The Doors of Perception’
Serena Confalonieri presents her exhibition Burning Bright at Contemporary Cluster Apartamento, a reference point for culture, design and visual arts in Rome: located at Palazzo Brancaccio, it’s one of the most important 19th century buildings of the city. Burning Bright opens on November 5th, 2022 and runs until January 7th, 2023, and it’s Serena Confalonieri's first solo show: an exhibition that lets us discover the dreamy and colorful imagery that permeates all of the designer's projects.
The title refers to the poem 'The Tyger' by William Blake, the author who first explored the idea to expand our perception. Serena Confalonieri takes us on a journey that narrates her works through the filter of color perception, taking inspiration from Aldous Huxley’s research (Huxley himself was an admirer of Blake's poem) on the perception alterations following the use of psychedelic drugs, as told in his essay 'The doors of perception'. Burning Bright accompanies the viewer in a vibrant and colorful space, where sight and all the other senses are overstimulated by strong colors and kaleidoscopic patterns.
The exhibition hosts a selection of Serena Confalonieri's works: brand new projects, customized versions of products designed for renowned companies - Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Illulian, Lanificio Leo, l’Opificio, Medulum, MM Lampadari, Sambonet, Servomuto, Wall&Decò -, and a selection of pieces from the designer's self-productions. Burning Bright takes place and gives life to 7 different rooms, creating an experience that takes us through a mental but also physical journey, towards exotic and mystical places. A visual explosion welcomes the visitors: Kyma tablemats designed for Sambonet, create a stellar cloud on the walls, that invites them to get closer and prepares them for the next room. Here we find the Nebula water pipes, which immediately lead the visitors to immerse themselves in a cosmic and hallucinogenic setting.
Continuing on, Serena Confalonieri reverses narrative again, deciding to exhibit the Calypso collection not on the vertical axis, but horizontally, over circle of sand, designing a sort of mandala. All around, as if they were motionless spectators or guardians, the three cabinets of the Parvati collection by Medulum stand still: they are inspired by the 60's psychedelia and the mental and physical journey to distant destinations, in this case, India. This colorful journey also continues in the fourth room, which opens onto two recent products designed by Serena Confalonieri that best describe the designer's kaleidoscopic and decorative vision: Venus lamp collection for Servomuto, proposed in new custom color combinations, and Laki rug, designed for Illulian. Both projects take off and generate a circular, continuous and repetitive movement that enchants and stuns at the same time.
The exhibition itinerary continues in the fifth room with a new textile production with the new plaids / tapestries designed for Lanificio Leo. The collection represents the designer's interpretation of Huxley's visions induced by mescaline. It begins with the perception of colored, mobile and geometrically alive shapes. Soon pure geometry is transformed into patterned, vast and complicated shapes that are constantly changing. Then bright spots and fragments of colored glass that resemble transparent fruits appear, and subsequently, membranes of color, points of light and zigzag lines of very bright colors. These visions change into wavy and brilliant clouds and constructed elements appear. They are soon replaced by a mountain, a peak of inconceivable height, a flutter of colored drapes and an efflorescence of precious stones. Then at the end a vision of green and purple waves crashing on the beach with myriad lights of the same colors.
In the sixth room, the visitors step into a third room where they find Arcadia ottomans made for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna and upholstered with Scott fabric, designed by Serena Confalonieri for l’Opificio. These poufs are deliberately characterized by bright and contrasting colors to create in the visitor the impression of an expanded perception and the ability to see much brighter colors and vibrant shapes. On the walls we find a selection of embroidered stitch works, made by the designer, that depict details of natural objects from a very close point of view. It is from these distances that "man loses his supremacy or vanishes completely" and his mind allows him to go beyond the shape of objects and get lost in a vision that normally only the artist, the visionary or the mystic would be able to penetrate.
At the end of the exhibition, the last room of Serena Confalonieri's solo show hosts five Layla lamps designed for MM Lampadari and a custom version of her Starlight wallpaper for Wall&Decò. A constellation of intermittent stars that opens a door on a vibrant universe and on the designer’s infinite creative landscapes, giving life each time to functional objects characterized by a continuous research of new expressive languages.
"..It had seemed possible to me that, through hypnosis, through meditation or the appropriate drug, I could change my consciousness in order to be able to know from within what the visionary, the average and even the mystic are talking about.” Aldous Huxley, ‘The Doors of Perception’
Serena Confalonieri presents her exhibition Burning Bright at Contemporary Cluster Apartamento, a reference point for culture, design and visual arts in Rome: located at Palazzo Brancaccio, it’s one of the most important 19th century buildings of the city. Burning Bright opens on November 5th, 2022 and runs until January 7th, 2023, and it’s Serena Confalonieri's first solo show: an exhibition that lets us discover the dreamy and colorful imagery that permeates all of the designer's projects.
The title refers to the poem 'The Tyger' by William Blake, the author who first explored the idea to expand our perception. Serena Confalonieri takes us on a journey that narrates her works through the filter of color perception, taking inspiration from Aldous Huxley’s research (Huxley himself was an admirer of Blake's poem) on the perception alterations following the use of psychedelic drugs, as told in his essay 'The doors of perception'. Burning Bright accompanies the viewer in a vibrant and colorful space, where sight and all the other senses are overstimulated by strong colors and kaleidoscopic patterns.
The exhibition hosts a selection of Serena Confalonieri's works: brand new projects, customized versions of products designed for renowned companies - Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Illulian, Lanificio Leo, l’Opificio, Medulum, MM Lampadari, Sambonet, Servomuto, Wall&Decò -, and a selection of pieces from the designer's self-productions. Burning Bright takes place and gives life to 7 different rooms, creating an experience that takes us through a mental but also physical journey, towards exotic and mystical places. A visual explosion welcomes the visitors: Kyma tablemats designed for Sambonet, create a stellar cloud on the walls, that invites them to get closer and prepares them for the next room. Here we find the Nebula water pipes, which immediately lead the visitors to immerse themselves in a cosmic and hallucinogenic setting.
Continuing on, Serena Confalonieri reverses narrative again, deciding to exhibit the Calypso collection not on the vertical axis, but horizontally, over circle of sand, designing a sort of mandala. All around, as if they were motionless spectators or guardians, the three cabinets of the Parvati collection by Medulum stand still: they are inspired by the 60's psychedelia and the mental and physical journey to distant destinations, in this case, India. This colorful journey also continues in the fourth room, which opens onto two recent products designed by Serena Confalonieri that best describe the designer's kaleidoscopic and decorative vision: Venus lamp collection for Servomuto, proposed in new custom color combinations, and Laki rug, designed for Illulian. Both projects take off and generate a circular, continuous and repetitive movement that enchants and stuns at the same time.
The exhibition itinerary continues in the fifth room with a new textile production with the new plaids / tapestries designed for Lanificio Leo. The collection represents the designer's interpretation of Huxley's visions induced by mescaline. It begins with the perception of colored, mobile and geometrically alive shapes. Soon pure geometry is transformed into patterned, vast and complicated shapes that are constantly changing. Then bright spots and fragments of colored glass that resemble transparent fruits appear, and subsequently, membranes of color, points of light and zigzag lines of very bright colors. These visions change into wavy and brilliant clouds and constructed elements appear. They are soon replaced by a mountain, a peak of inconceivable height, a flutter of colored drapes and an efflorescence of precious stones. Then at the end a vision of green and purple waves crashing on the beach with myriad lights of the same colors.
In the sixth room, the visitors step into a third room where they find Arcadia ottomans made for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna and upholstered with Scott fabric, designed by Serena Confalonieri for l’Opificio. These poufs are deliberately characterized by bright and contrasting colors to create in the visitor the impression of an expanded perception and the ability to see much brighter colors and vibrant shapes. On the walls we find a selection of embroidered stitch works, made by the designer, that depict details of natural objects from a very close point of view. It is from these distances that "man loses his supremacy or vanishes completely" and his mind allows him to go beyond the shape of objects and get lost in a vision that normally only the artist, the visionary or the mystic would be able to penetrate.
At the end of the exhibition, the last room of Serena Confalonieri's solo show hosts five Layla lamps designed for MM Lampadari and a custom version of her Starlight wallpaper for Wall&Decò. A constellation of intermittent stars that opens a door on a vibrant universe and on the designer’s infinite creative landscapes, giving life each time to functional objects characterized by a continuous research of new expressive languages.
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