Moroso Official Supplier of the TFH for the Nitto ATP Finals 2024 at Teatro dei Ragazzi e Giovani in Turin
Moroso is the Official Supplier of the TFH – Tennis Family House for the Nitto ATP Finals 2024 (10-17 November), FITP’s hospitality format created to welcome institutional guests of the ATP, Sport e Salute, and the Italian Tennis Federation and Padel. The project of the exhibition Metacosmo born from a reflection on the cosmos and its relationship with reality. The exhibition path unfolds itself into the areas of TFH, at Casa del Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani, a 1930s electrical cabin and now converted in a center for contemporary theater production, that hosts for the occasion the exhibition.
Outside, three works greet visitors: the “moon crescent” by Ettore Favini, the “meteorites” by Paolo Icaro, and the famous “Fibonacci series” by Mario Merz. These three works, where the celestial atmosphere and natural laws dictate the intense relationship between the cosmos and the Earth, are emblematic. ‘UNA’, 2023, the luminous work by Ettore Favini positioned at the top of the left facade, stands out against the sky, activating as an eternal eclipse that regulates the planet’s magnetic forces, overlaying the firmament and entering into dialogue with Artificio naturale, 2011, a group of five stone sculptures from Matraia by Paolo Icaro, on loan from Galleria Il Ponte, which, due to their hermetic structure, seem to have arrived as meteors to complete the earthly landscape. On the right facade, the historic neon work by Mario Merz, Progressione di Fibonacci, 1979, presented in collaboration with Fondazione Merz, showcases the Fibonacci numerical series, which famously governs the rules of evolution in the plant and animal worlds, appearing as a manifesto for this edition, tracing and introducing the works displayed within spaces, creating a connection between the physical and the unreal.
Upon entering the theater foyer, a site-specific intervention titled Starburst by the architectural and design studio Stamuli awaits the viewer in a dreamlike environment. Interno metafisico, 1963, by Giorgio De Chirico, generously provided by Galleria SECCI, is a unique work of its kind, belonging to the research the artist conducted in the second half of the twentieth century on accumulation material, after investigating the perspectival spaces, figures, and subjects that characterized the poetics of Metaphysics. An accumulation of materials is found shortly after in Miami Avenue, 2019, by Mark Handforth, on loan from Galleria Franco Noero, where waste pieces, skillfully painted by the artist, are used for an abstract composition resembling a star, whose brightness is provided by the neon lamp embedded within it. On the opposite side, the luminous work by Mario Airò titled Ottava di Cadmio, 2023, on loan from Galleria Vistamare, serves as a counterpoint to the visual stimuli concentrated in this area.
Upon entering the small theater, the site-specific environmental installation by Giovanni Ozzola, in collaboration with Galleria Continua, takes shape from the ceiling where the work Contando le stelle, 2024, immerses the observer in a spatial orbit of about 50 square meters, capturing the observer’s gaze upwards, reminiscent of a starry night. Completing the environment is the circular neon Illuminarsi rompendo l’eterno ritorno, 2024, produced for this occasion, which translates the vision of the third work present in the space, Dust on my memories, 2016, composed of suspended bronze bells that evoke the metaphysical dimension in which a recognizable sculptural element as an everyday object becomes part of the surrounding landscape, defining a new hemisphere for interpreting the space.
Under a starry sky, an installation for Moroso of Do-Lo-Rez sofas by Ron Arad, inspired by the concept of the pixel, the base unit of an image, as the starting point for his project. Soft rectangular cubes with a square base of different heights meet in a unique scenario in which industrial design principles meet artisanal creativity. The Do-Lo-Rez sofas are partnered by 3Nuns sprung stools, also designed by Ron Arad for Moroso. Conceptual irony merges with the masterful use of steel, both as an essential load-bearing rigid structure and as a springy elastic component. The installation is completed by the Square armchairs designed for Moroso by Jonathan Olivares, whose essential geometric forms and precise lines contrast with the organic forms of the Anomaly poufs from the Swedish designers Front. A series of seats, designed for Moroso, in which artistic expression seems to evoke animal forms or nameless beings. Anomaly is a project full of contradictions, halfway between visionary manipulation of a body and a design of a household pet-object.
Curated by Giorgio Galotti and Claudia Pignatale
Project: FITP – Italian Tennis and Padel Federation, in collaboration with Sport e Salute
Project Manager: Andrea Pivano
Masterplan: Fabio Lattanzi / LastArch
Light Design: Massimo Pascucci
Musical Program: Enrico Giaretta
Official Supplier: Moroso
Thanks to: Besana Carpet Lab, Fondazione Merz, Galleria Continua, Galleria Franco Noero, Galleria Il Ponte, SECCI, Vistamare