Serretta + Outdoor
Specimen
In zoology:
- Chrysalis, involucre, tegument, puparium (insects)
- Ovum, egg cell, zygote (after fertilisation), ootheca (insects), amniotic egg (reptiles, birds, mammals)
- Nucleus, medulla
In botany:
- Pericarp (fruit), bracts (leaves), shell, tegument (seeds)
- Ovule (seeds), oosphere (plants and algae), spore (ferns and fungi)
- Core, nut, seed, endosperm
Specimen is a sculptural exploration of transformation—a journey through the alchemy of materials that evolves across multiple mediums: ink, oil, pastels, plastics, marble, rocks, and metals. The result is a series of sculptures that do not merely depict nature but embody its essence, its textures, and its organic spirit. These specimens belong to both flora and fauna.
They oscillate between softness and rigidity, porosity and density, polished and raw surfaces, smoothness and warped textures. Each specimen exists in a state of incubation, suspended in a phase of pre-birth within an embryonic structure. These entities inhabit diverse natural environments, absorbing the unique characteristics of their surroundings.
Their identity is neither strictly male nor female—embodying a state of potentiality where all possibilities coexist. These sculptures stand at the threshold between nature and artifice, presence and memory, preservation and decay.
Ludovica Corti, born in Lecco in 1996, lives and works between Milan, Como and Tuscany. She is a social product designer who plays with shapes and interacts with materials in a primitive way. Her practice stems from a direct and instinctive approach to materials, influenced by micro-nature and everything that stimulates it. Her work develops through an experimental and sensitive process, oriented towards the relationship between objects, people and the environment.