XXI Triennale di Milano. Ursus
Project developed with the support of Rimadesio for the "Stanze. Altre filosofie dell'abitare" ("Rooms. Novel living concepts") exhibition curated by Beppe Finessi and organized by Salone del Mobile.Milano within the framework of the XXI Triennale.
April 12th to September 12th 2016
Ursus was created as an opportunity to try out a minimal habitative experience inside a zoomorphic shape. The bear is an animal associated with northern nature, where he lives in the forest or on sheets of Arctic ice. The monumental size of the structure means that every single part of the work is inhabitable.
The head/entrance consists of a sauna. The purification of the mind and body make way for the main room, the body. The first part of the inside of the body is split into two levels, two small bathrooms below and a bed above. The central space, full height, is the convivial area. A long table in the centre, a kitchen.
The interior is colonised by a great many objects, sculptures, books and pictures connected with the Scandinavian world, mythology and travel. Ursus, Fafnir, Hugmun, Sleipnir, Convivalis II, Huginn, Huginn & Munin are just some of the works that populate the Great Bear. You can wriggle out of one of its paws and feel at one with the surrounding nature.
