The goal of the video installation is to deconstruct and reconstruct the creative process, showing the possibility of creating a new narrative by emphasizing the consequences of climate change. These new visions occur through the personification of climate change, including the melting of glaciers and desertification, through two different textile production techniques and the inclusion of special effects in the video, where data on these changes are translated into visual elements. The video installation has been awarded with the Swiss Design Awards 2023 in the category Fashion & Textile and presented during the Milan Design Week at the House of Switzerland in collaboration with the Istituto Svizzero and at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. It also includes melt & dye workshops in which the participants are able to dye textiles and their own clothing by melting ice sculptures containing textile dye.
In collaboration with the Istituto Svizzero di Roma during the residency Milano Calling 2021/2022
Concept and creative direction: Rafael Kouto
Digital art direction: Emidio Battipaglia
Data art: Federico Peliti
Camera and colouring: Francesco Caruso
Sound: EMÆNUEL
Performer: Jonathan Muadianvita
Coreographer: Karin Rose, Accademia Teatro Dimitri
Production: Matilde E. Tettamanti, META – Production
Location: Torre dei Forni, Parco delle Gole della Breggia, Morbio Inferiore
Production items in collaboration with:
Leather: Bally
Crochet: Griscenda Niggli & Rita Bontempi
Print: TDS, Textildruckerei
Pattern: Joshua Althaus
Sewing: Alice Materni
Leather accessories: Nicola Sartorio
Special thanks to:
Istituto Svizzero, Bally, Famiglia Kouto-Niggli, Carolina Sanchez, Nicola Summerer, Lottozero
