2025__CAN YOU IMAGINE?__Secondome__Rossana Orlandi
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A ode to Imagination and its positive transformative power.
In an era that over the last 50 years has been increasingly marked by a justified sense of global concern over the state of the world, Can You Imagine? seeks to promote creativity as a central and positive force to driving future scenarios. This concept is reaffirmed through the visionary title of a 70s science fiction novel ‘Out of their minds” (USA, 1970, Clifford D. Simak), in which men, through the power of their imagination, create countless beginnings. Since then to current times, imagination has continued to transform the impossible into possible.
Through creativity and the courage to “use their heart to overcome difficulty”, the exhibition’s designers — Onka Allmayer-Beck, CContinua + Mamt, Clementine Chambon, Serena Confalonieri, Millim Studio, and Matteo Pellegrino — are invited to explore the role of imagination in current times.
Are we still able to imagine?
In a world soaked in realism—from literature to cinema—where “based on a true story” prevail above and beyond the story’s ability to spark thought; where journalism must navigate the dangerous waters of fake news; and where design seems focused on the artificial imitation of natural materials (and here the mind jumps to Blade Runner’s snakeskin) — are we still able to think outside the box?
What’s more, in observing the growing tension between what’s true and what’s false, fuelled all the more by the increasing capacity of AI, what role do we assign to creativity?
Certainly not that of inventing fantasy worlds as an escape from a dystopian reality, but rather that of imagining.
Imagining a different future.
Imagining different homes.
Imagining different people.
Imagining different objects.
And I’m certain that as you read the word imagine, your mind is already humming to the tune of The Cranberries, John Lennon, or perhaps even Ligabue.
This is a small collection of objects and furnishings that don’t claim to change the world, but that firmly refuse to stay grounded, raising their heads proudly towards the clouds.
Federica Sala (curator)
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CAN YOU IMAGINE?
Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan
a project by Secondome
curated by Federica Sala
ph: ©Eller Studio ©Serena Eller
A ode to Imagination and its positive transformative power.
In an era that over the last 50 years has been increasingly marked by a justified sense of global concern over the state of the world, Can You Imagine? seeks to promote creativity as a central and positive force to driving future scenarios. This concept is reaffirmed through the visionary title of a 70s science fiction novel ‘Out of their minds” (USA, 1970, Clifford D. Simak), in which men, through the power of their imagination, create countless beginnings. Since then to current times, imagination has continued to transform the impossible into possible.
Through creativity and the courage to “use their heart to overcome difficulty”, the exhibition’s designers — Onka Allmayer-Beck, CContinua + Mamt, Clementine Chambon, Serena Confalonieri, Millim Studio, and Matteo Pellegrino — are invited to explore the role of imagination in current times.
Are we still able to imagine?
In a world soaked in realism—from literature to cinema—where “based on a true story” prevail above and beyond the story’s ability to spark thought; where journalism must navigate the dangerous waters of fake news; and where design seems focused on the artificial imitation of natural materials (and here the mind jumps to Blade Runner’s snakeskin) — are we still able to think outside the box?
What’s more, in observing the growing tension between what’s true and what’s false, fuelled all the more by the increasing capacity of AI, what role do we assign to creativity?
Certainly not that of inventing fantasy worlds as an escape from a dystopian reality, but rather that of imagining.
Imagining a different future.
Imagining different homes.
Imagining different people.
Imagining different objects.
And I’m certain that as you read the word imagine, your mind is already humming to the tune of The Cranberries, John Lennon, or perhaps even Ligabue.
This is a small collection of objects and furnishings that don’t claim to change the world, but that firmly refuse to stay grounded, raising their heads proudly towards the clouds.
Federica Sala (curator)
