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Cesare Correnti 14
Via Cesare Correnti, 14
It’s not the usual table,
the one where we eat and drink,
but a place where things are
without the need for words,
without the necessity of answers.
A place where you can feel
without touching,
where stories don’t need to be spoken
to be equally shared.
Vases, ceramics, glasses and mirrors,
objects that collect
without wanting to,
that hold what is unsaid,
the invisible that brushes against the air.
It’s no longer food,
it’s what remains,
the small crack, the fold,
what hides in every silence.
Prendete & Mangiate is the exhibition, curated by Carolina Levi and produced by 5VIE Design Week 2025, set in one of the rooms of the beautiful apartment at Via Cesare Correnti 14. It explores the theme of the table in a different, more poetic and conceptual light: the table as a meeting place.
The poetess Patrizia Cavalli once said that when leaving the table, what matters is what remains: the stories, the silences, the emotions that linger. We explore the concept of the table, not as a traditional formal banquet, but as a space for meeting, exchanging, and listening, where one reflects not only on the visible aspects but also on what remains hidden. It is a symbol that transcends the material and becomes a vehicle for reflections on our relationship with the world and with others.
Each piece (many created specifically for the exhibition) becomes a vessel for untold stories, inviting visitors to explore the invisible, to look beyond the surface and perceive what is imperceptible, what cannot be seen but can be felt. It’s an invitation to look beyond appearances and explore the content, which is not limited to form but serves as a vehicle for emotions and deep meanings. A common thread—woven in a dual dance between tradition and contemporary, physical and spiritual nourishment—expresses a Baroque imaginary rich in tensions and contrasts, represented on the walls through paintings in dialogue with contemporary mirrors. It is an artistic exhibition, but also an immersive experience, almost a ritual: Prendete & Mangiate is not just an invitation to consume, but to reflect, to meet through beauty and poetry, fostering a deeper connection with the pleasure of the culinary experience and encouraging people to savor moments spent together. Without hurry.
The installation unfolds around a long table, where the protagonists are vases, ceramics, and glassware. The glass, with its transparency, reflects light and creates shadows that materialize what is usually invisible. Sculptures made of rock and glass—eternal material and fragile transparency—silently invite us to think about the magic of unstable balance.
The vases, intertwined with their threads, are an ode to the bonds formed through dialogue and intimacy, bonds that, while evolving, remain steadfast and meaningful. Collections for the table explore the expressive potential of the fold as a generative principle of form. Delicate yet strong origami, ephemeral and functional sculptural identities, these forms emerge from an exercise of subtraction that transforms the solidity of metal into visual lightness.
Organic plastic materials, like resins, merge in a sensitive exploration of the relationship between life and death, journeying between historical and personal memory. Structures that rotate and tilt with the slightest breath of air or a gentle touch, evoking hypnotic movements that breathe life into the sculpture. Only here are some evocations of the table...
Food, on the other hand, takes center stage in textile still lifes hanging on gold wallpaper, inviting inner reflection where even the most fleeting moments conceal a deeper meaning. The mirrors, also hanging, colored like a kaleidoscope, do not merely reflect, but reinvent reality, transforming it into a dynamic and changing vision, adding an additional layer of reflection, while a screen ties the past to the present, with the power of a Turner sky, suggesting the continuous flow of time and the memory that merges with the present.
Francesca Anfossi, Sara Bergami, Chiara Berta, Marta & Marco Bevilacqua, Cotta Studio, Teresa Lobelia D'arienzo, Alice Del Ferraro, Claudia Di Francesco, Ferdie, Gaspard Fleury-Dugy, Fusion f., Jan Garncarek & Ewelina Makosa, Pia Glassworks, Zazie Gnecchi Ruscone, Chiara Grifantini, Hana Hillerová, Astrid Luglio, Guglielmo Maggini, Charlie Masson, Olimpia Montani, Ylaria Pavone, Dorian Renard, Giulio Rigoni, Gala Rotelli, Andrew Pierce Scott, StudioNotte, Szkło Studio, Mario Trimarchi, Umberto Ughi, Ùtol Ceramica, Yellowdot
The installation features ARTISIA, the first 3D-printed pasta, which supports the project and takes part in the installation.
CAROLINA LEVI
Spazio Giallo Interiors is a bold and multidisciplinary collective, open to creativity and the branching of ideas. It is a workshop that listens and produces insights and emotions, presenting ways of living, adapting them to the needs of each client. The founder, Carolina Levi, has a colorful background, much like the space she offers. With a past as both an actress and a film producer, she has worked for years with the body and emotions, externalizing what happens internally. She founded the “Misticanza” festival, a tribute to art and performing arts, and produced over 12 documentaries, winning awards at the Venice Biennale in 2016 with the film “Perché sono un genio!” and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Documentary with
“1938 Diversi” in 2019.
