{"id":3852,"date":"2024-01-11T13:29:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/news\/dall_istituto\/2024\/01\/flora-nuova-mostra-allistituto\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T23:39:11","slug":"flora-nuova-mostra-allistituto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2024\/01\/flora-nuova-mostra-allistituto\/","title":{"rendered":"FLORA New Exhibit at the Italian Cultural Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">presents<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FLORA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, February 8, 2024\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 &#8211; 7 pm Presentation and Panel Discussion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 &#8211; 9 pm Opening Reception<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Istituto Italiano di Cultura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>On view until April 19<\/b><b>, 2024 by appointmen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t | <\/span><a href=\"mailto:desk.iicla@esteri.it\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desk.iicla@esteri.it<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or 310-443-3250<a id=\"post-preview\" class=\"preview button\" href=\"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2024\/01\/flora-nuova-mostra-allistituto\/?preview=true\" target=\"wp-preview-3852\" rel=\"noopener\">Anteprima modifiche<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> (si apre in una nuova scheda)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>FLORA<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is\u00a0a journey through the fantastical world created by <\/span><b>Atelier Manferdini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles. The exhibition features design objects, physical models, sculptures and A.I. illustrations that re-interpret images of nature into contemporary design.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our current age of digital ephemera and computational imagery, nature appears familiar and at the same time eerily synthetic; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FLORA<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exhibits this dichotomy between natural and artificial representation, a silent but constant protagonist of Atelier Manferdini\u2019s artistic production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The floral motifs within the exhibit undergo a remarkable metamorphosis, intertwining with geometric patterns, delicate furniture forms, and vibrant text-to-image imaginings. As artifacts shift between familiar and alien worlds FLORA ultimately outlines <\/span><b>Elena Manferdini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s expression of design as a vehicle for human emotional states and new esthetic identities that have emerged from our contemporary culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>OPENING EVENT\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening on Thursday, February 8 at 6pm with a panel discussion featuring <\/span><b>Elena Manferdini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, principal and owner of Atelier Manferdini in Los Angeles and Graduate Programs Chair at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and <\/span><b>Claire Isabel Webb, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">director of the Future Humans program at the Berggruen Institute, moderated by <\/span><b>Francis Anderton<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Author, Broadcaster and Producer who covers design and architecture in Los Angeles.<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>EXHIBITION TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elena Manferdini<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumaran Parthiban<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eda Tarakc\u0131\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>SPECIAL THANKS TO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arktura<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astroath<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enso<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huma<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry Gallery<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judith Ripka<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuoveforme<br \/>\n<\/span>Xuberance<\/p>\n<p><b>ELENA MANFERDINI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the principal and owner of Atelier Manferdini in Los Angeles and Graduate Programs Chair at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). She has exhibited in various art and architectural museums including the Venice Architecture Biennale, MOCA and LACMA in Los Angeles, Museum of Art in Birmingham, Design Museum of Holon, and New Orleans Museum of Art. She is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the AIA Los Angeles; the PAN Award for best public art project in North America; the Graham Award for architecture and most recently, the ICON Award as part of the LA Design Festival, a prize that recognizes iconic women who have made an indelible mark on Los Angeles. Manferdini received a Professional Engineering Degree from the University of Civil Engineering (Bologna, Italy)\u00a0and a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an overseas office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation dedicated to the promotion of Italian culture in the United States. The main activities of the IIC include the organization and support of events, exhibitions and festivals, the development of academic exchange programs, and the promotion of the Italian language. For more information visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/iiclosangele.esteri.it\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/iiclosangele.esteri.it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles presents FLORA Thursday, February 8, 2024\u00a0 6 &#8211; 7 pm Presentation and Panel Discussion 7 &#8211; 9 pm Opening Reception Istituto Italiano di Cultura 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles On view until April 19, 2024 by appointment | desk.iicla@esteri.it or 310-443-3250Anteprima modifiche (si apre in una nuova scheda) [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3852"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3852\/revisions\/4085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiclosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}