{"id":37937,"date":"2026-03-13T16:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/?p=37937"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:16:27","slug":"room-01-jean-baptiste-durand-bittersweet-symphony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/base.milano.it\/en\/room-01-jean-baptiste-durand-bittersweet-symphony\/","title":{"rendered":"ROOM 01. Jean-Baptiste Durand \u2014 Bittersweet Symphony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px;letter-spacing:-0.8px\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:-0.15px\">Invited by <strong>Domaine de Boisbuchet<\/strong>, with the support of the <strong>Institut Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jean-Baptiste Durand transforms a room at BASE into an immersive experience titled <em>Bittersweet Symphony<\/em>. The installation reflects a paradox at the core of the designer\u2019s practice: the desire to seek and create pleasure within a world in decline. It explores new aesthetics while embracing the act of creation in a context marked by collapse\u2014amid strained democracies, armed conflicts, health crises, and climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The installation takes the form of a post-apocalyptic listening room. The atmosphere is desolate: only a few artifacts remain, suggesting an enigmatic presence. Speakers emit sound across this barren landscape, embedded in the ground and positioned in front of construction tarps bearing a text in Ancient Greek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Details such as iconographic fragments and remnants of ritual objects allude to the existence of an unknown and unsettling liturgy. In <em>Bittersweet Symphony<\/em>, Jean-Baptiste Durand unveils new pieces that compose a universe held in tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For this occasion, Jean-Baptiste Durand incorporates works by No\u00e9mie Couronn\u00e9, alongside contributions from Infrarouge and CesXcommercial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">IN COLLABORATION WITH<br><strong>Domaine&nbsp;de&nbsp;Boisbuchet<\/strong><br><br>IN PARTNERSHIP WITH<br><strong>Institut Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invited by Domaine de Boisbuchet, with the support of the Institut Fran\u00e7ais, Jean-Baptiste Durand transforms a room at BASE into an immersive experience titled Bittersweet Symphony. The installation reflects a paradox at the core of the designer\u2019s practice: the desire to seek and create pleasure within a world in decline. 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