At Milan's CMQ Salotto, artist Giuditta Vettese and psychotherapist Linus Günther have collaborated on "Hollow Bodies", an exhibition examining the origins of human creative impulses. The show, running from March 27 to April 13, 2025, marks the third installment of the Trame format, which pairs professionals from different disciplines to create original dialogues.
The exhibition occupies the architectural studio's space at Piazza Caiazzo 3, transforming it into a journey through various mediums. Upon entering, visitors encounter a video featuring poems by Günther and his patients, establishing themes that will unfold throughout the exhibition. A drawing and painting in the atrium serve as introductory pieces.
Vettese's work employs recurring symbols—serpents, eggs, circles, and cavities—that undergo continuous metamorphosis across different materials and forms. In the second room, her "Visceral Pearls" series displays iridescent mother-of-pearl ceramics created at Ceramica Gatti in Faenza alongside polished bronze pieces from Fonderia Battaglia. The room also houses "Casa", a permanent site-specific installation shaped like an egg.
A ceramic-handled door leads to "Between the Low and the High", a raw silk textile sculpture stretching from ceiling to floor. The final room, hidden behind a curtain, contains "The Flame That Does Not Burn", a hollow bronze sculpture connecting the exhibition's themes of circularity and water, with the recorded sound of water droplets providing a rhythmic pulse.
The exhibition design transforms art viewing into a ritualistic experience. Curator Rosa Cascone and CMQ architecture studio have arranged the space to create moments where visitors recognize themselves in others' experiences, establishing a temporary collective founded on what the exhibition identifies as primordial principles: Eros, creation, and movement.
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Photography by Matteo Natalucci
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