Guarene, Italy
Mission Title: Designing Art Experiences - Cliostraat
Mission Date: 23-07-2008
SCRIPT
- Meet Cliostraat's Alessandra Raso. Visit the new Sandretto Re Rebaudengo locations in Guarene.
- Ask Alessandra about the pros and cons of designing something in such an historical location. How did they match the XVII century style of the palazzo with a new contemporary art
- friendly design?
- Explore both the spaces of the palazzo and the new ones, guided by Alessandra. Highlight new and old architectural details, and have the architect explain their features and the way spaces have been used.
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How close does contemporary art need to work with design?
These days art winks to design and architecture a lot, and it's no surprise: contemporary site-specific, or context-specific, exhibition dialectics need space-conscious, building-savvy collaborations. The Turin-based Cliostraat designer studio has been working in this hybrid space these past few years. Their activities range from building redevelopments to exhibition design, collaborating with some of the most active art institutions in Italy. They starred in the famous Snow Show exhibition, backing up Paola Pivi, and also actively collaborated with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, a leading force in Turin's contemporary art scene, in the past few years.
Not only has the studio designed several exhibitions for the foundation's Turinese building in Via Modane, but they recently expanded their first ever location – the XVII century Palazzo Re Rebaudengo in Guarene – providing it with a new building for its offices and a restaurant. The Cliostraat guys had already collaborated with Corrado Levi - one of the three architects that made hosting exhibitions in the Palazzo possible in the first place, when in 1997 they renewed it for the foundation – so the Turinese institution probably knew they could trust them. The studio style is pretty color-based and the historical building seems like a nice challenge to their sensibility, having to deal both with its old materials and noble appeal.
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