EPIDEMIC HAPPINESS - STREET FURNITURE COMPETITION FINALIST
SETTE CORTILI, SICILY
 
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THERE IS EPIDEMIC HAPPINESS IN THE AIR AND WE WANT THIS TO SPREAD EVEN MORE!
HOW CAN YOU DUPLICATE YOUR SMILE? IT IS CONTAGIOUS, THAT’S A SCIENTIFIC FACT. BUT, HOW ABOUT YOU START WITH YOURSELF? HOW ABOUT USING A MIRROR? YOU MAY CALL IT TRICKERY BUT STILL, YOU CANNOT SAY IT DOESN’T WORK! AND NOW, HOW ABOUT WE COVER PUBLIC SPACES WITH MIRRORS? HOW ABOUT WE DUPLICATE AND SCALE EVERY SINGLE SMILE IN THE STREETS?
 
DISTORT! BEGAN WITH THIS IDEA OF SPREADING HAPPINESS. IT’S A COLLECTION OF STREET FURNITURES, PRODUCED FROM STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS; WELDED, SMOOTHED AND POLISHED TO GIVE THE PROPER EFFECT OF A CURVED MIRROR FINISH. IT CONSISTS SEATING AND SUNSHADE ELEMENTS PRODUCED IN DIFFERENT SCALES OF SPHERES, FORMING CONVEX AND CONCAVE REFLECTING SURFACES. THE PIECES CAN ADAPT TO ANY MEDIUM AND THEY MAY BE COMBINED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
 
FARM CULTURAL PARK IS A NEWLY FORMED CONTEMPORARY ART MEDIUM THAT AIMS TO PROVIDE A NEW SPACE NOT ONLY FOR SICILIAN BUT ALSO FOR YOUNG INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS TO SPREAD THEIR ART AND THE AIM OF DISTORT! COLLECTION IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST SUITABLE COMMON GROUND BOTH FOR ARTISTS AND THE VISITORS.
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DISTORT! | 2012

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