Biella, research into the atmosphere of places in Rebecca Moccia's exhibition

The Fondazione Zegna presents, from May 25 to September 15, 2024 in the spaces of Casa Zegna in Trivero Valdilana in Biella, the project ATMOSPHERIC. Seasons and Temperaments, a journey between art and nature specially conceived for the occasion by artist Rebecca Moccia and curated by Ilaria Bonacossa. The artist has been exploring the atmospheres of places for several years, investigating the spatial/temporal contexts in which human and non-human relationships develop and shining a spotlight on the mutual influences between emotions and places. The site-specific project developed for Casa Zegna focuses on atmospheric transformations and draws on the peculiarities of the space to construct a reflection dedicated to the link between climatic and environmental changes and the temperaments of those who experience them.

The exhibition comes to life in Casa Zegna’s former winter garden, a fully glazed environment where light changes according to time of day and season and where artificial temperature conditioning is kept to a minimum. The space is transformed with ATMOSFERICA into a living organism through the careful use of fabric, an element on which the respectful collaboration between Fondazione Zegna and the environment is based. Rebecca Moccia’s work conceives two different environmental atmospheres in fabric, one related to heat and the other to cold, returned in a visual and tactile way. The textiles also shape the environment through modules of sculptural forms that draw intimate zones and spaces in which to pause, made in collaboration with the Textile Manufacturing workshop of the San Patrignano Community. The artist weaves opposing materials that disperse or retain heat, allow or impede the passage of light, soften or sharpen the sound effects that branch out into space to dress the architecture of Casa Zegna. The passage of temperatures is also emphasized through the use of cold colors for the summer season and warm colors for the winter season. The exhibition is part of Fondazione Zegna’s focus on the relationship between nature, art and science, which was launched in 2020 with the Zegna Forest renewal plan aimed at monitoring the health of Oasi Zegna. With this chapter, the Foundation reaffirms its desire to further open up to contemporary research by giving space to emerging talents, who are invited to create projects conceived ad hoc.

Notes on the artist

Rebecca Moccia, Naples 1992, is an artist whose transdisciplinary practice has been exhibited in public and private institutions including: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin), International Short Film Festival (Oberhausen), Fondazione ICA (Milan), Jupiter Woods (London), Mazzoleni (London-Turin), Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Brussels), Fondazione Morra Greco (Naples), Museo del Novecento (Florence), MACRO (Rome), Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce (Genoa), ENSBA (Lyon), Academiae Youth Art Biennale (Brixen). Rebecca Moccia is co-founder of AWI - Art Workers Italia an association created to protect the rights of female art workers. In 2021 Moccia won the international research grant sponsored by the Ministry of Culture (DGCC) under the Italian Council X program for the “Ministry of Loneliness” project, a collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art (New York), Outset England (London), Nanzan University (Nagoya). In 2024 he will represent Italy at the 15th Gwangju Biennale (South Korea).

Practical information

Open: May 25-September 15, 2024 (including Sundays) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: full 7 euros, reduced 5 euros

Biella, research into the atmosphere of places in Rebecca Moccia's exhibition

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