In the Ground Hall of BASE, a suspended atmosphere of well-being welcomes visitors. Long rugs and sports mats flood the floor, inviting us to slow down during Fuorisalone 2025.
The installation “Another Week”, hosted in the Ground Hall of BASE, by visual artist Matilde Cassani, reflects on the representation of Milan as a city of events and speed. In a word, a city of “weeks”. These weeks range from architecture to design, creating moments that bring communities together in a deeply privatized city.
However, “Weeks” also represent spaces of performance and frenzyness, where the communities they build often last no longer than the week itself.
“Another Week” proposes a new way to experience Fuorisalone 2025, offering a different spatial perspective on Design Week. It creates an environment where stimuli and events are reduced, leaving only the bodies and their relationships with the space. A large rubber sole carpet marks the entrance to the Ground Hall of BASE, absorbing the footprints of Fuorisalone visitors. Inside, long rugs overlap with sports mats, flooding the floor and compelling us to slow down, get comfortable, and – perhaps – wait.
Around the themes of bodies, performance, and community, is the performance by Martina Rota, dancer and choreographer in the field of visual arts, who will activate Cassani’s installation.
BIO
At the intersection of architecture, installations, and event design, Matilde Cassani’s research focuses on the spatial implications of cultural pluralism. Her works have been exhibited in numerous prestigious international institutions and events, including Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York (2011); three editions of the Venice Architecture Biennale (2012, 2014, 2018); Victoria and Albert Museum (2015); Oslo Triennale (2016); Chicago Architecture Biennale (2017); Manifesta 12 (2018); Triennale di Milano (2019), and are part of various museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, MAXXI, and the Franz Hals Museum in Haarlem.
Martina Rota is an artist active in the field of visual and performative arts, co-founder of the community-oriented movement and art workshops EXPANDING MOVEMENT, and MASSIMO, an independent exhibition space based in Milan. Her research delves into the urgencies, desires, and traumas of the body in a collective experience of shared feeling, exploring the relationship between bodies and the connection between individuals and space.
CREDITS
With All My Strength
di: Martina Rota
Performers: Massimo Palmieri Bormolini, Massimiliano Palmese, Arold Triberti
Creation assistant: Filippo Pizzocrì
Film-makers: Beatrice Perego, Umberto Guidi
Set Designer: Carolina Papetti
Editorial and cultural consultant: Alessia Prati
Photography: Carolina Amoretti
With curatorial support from: Gabriele Tosi, Sofia Baldi Pighi
With the support of: BASE Milano, PERFORMATORIO, MIC Winner of the Nuovo Grand Tour ed 2025 grant.
con il supporto di Lab121