NUCLEO
June 21–October 21, 2023
GR*A & ASTERISCO present LICHENE: NUCLEO. GR*A is an architecture studio founded by Giovanni Romagnoli in 2023. The space is an incubator for architectural and artistic exchange, hosting a multidisciplinary program of exhibitions and events under the curatorship of ASTERISCO. The artistic programming is a collaboration between Giovanni Romagnoli and Greta Voeller.
GR*A, in collaboration with ASTERISCO, presents the new experimental design project NUCLEO, created by LICHENE, which include the trio Matteo Bianchi, Tommaso Le Rose and Marco Giustiniani. The soundscape of the exhibition was developed by artist Cosimo Damiano, who will perform at GR*A on October 13, 2023, at 7pm.
About LICHENE
The project LICHENE was envisioned by two roman architects, Matteo Bianchi and Tommaso Le Rose. On the occasion of the first exhibition NUCLEO (2023), presented by GR*A & ASTERISCO, LICHENE designs and produces a series of sculptural and functional objects, with or without a predefined use. The production of these objects is united by a technique which juxtaposes elements, and where the primary role of the object is dispersed through an expressive form. We could define these as "organically decorative" outcomes. And just as it happens in nature on an organic level, the same decorations can often take on the most varied functions. The formal study, the workmanship, the treatments of each object, contribute to the creation of unique pieces. Bianchi and Le Rose control all phases of production, from conception to design and final production. Their craftsmanship feeds into a continuous contamination where control can meet spontaneity.
GR*A presents NUCLEO
“It seems as if LICHENE has always existed. Ripened between the depths of the Latin sea and the darkness of the Etruscan tuffs, it has now been collected and rediscovered. ASTERISCO welcomes NUCLEO inside the spaces of GR*A, with an experience formed by dark light and wild grace. The sculptures represent new archaeologies, industrial and artisanal, experimental and typological, functional and uncomfortable, designed or left to agglomerate naturally thanks to the passage of time. These finds reverberate a rational and at the same time organic spatiality, extremely solid and precise as well as dirty and incoherent.”
About Cosimo Damiano
Damiano Colosimo aka Cosimo Damiano is a producer and electronic musician who grew up in the context of the rave and free party scene. He currently works in a considerable number of projects, including SaIò, Canzonieri, Neurodreamers and his solo activity as a composer, live performer and DJ. Damiano's entire production transcends any genre by creating a system of ancestral sound oppositions immersed in the future that transport us into a hypnotic, dreamlike and cathartic mental experience.
