The Villa del Grumello, in the heart of the Chilometro della Conoscenza, is one of the key places of the sixth edition of the Lake Como Design Festival. Lightness in progress is a collective exhibition that brings together designers, artists, publishers, modern and contemporary design galleries, and historical archives creating a conceptual journey around the theme of lightness.
The exhibition itinerary of Lightness in progress develops through the different rooms of the villa with a selection of unpublished projects, collections of works, objects and furnishing accessories, coming from different realities which follow one another united by lightness in form and material.
Grande scultura della collezione Poiesis, Angelo Mangiarotti, 1988. Eredi Marelli
The projects exhibited: Impressions by Andrea Branzi curated by Clio Calvi Rudy Volpi / Lithos; Mario Trimarchi with the project "Close to the Edge, unique pieces of marble and glass"; Eredi Marelli with a selection of works by Angelo Mangiarotti, Enrico Rava, Paolo Buffa; Calle dei Cavalli Gallery with Mauro Accardi/Silvia Buccheri, Cara\Davide, Vincent Mazenauer, Francesco Maria Messina, Enrico Bianchettin, Isato Prugger and Barbieri Magalini for Matteo Pala; Dalmoto with the Sister moon chair project; Fine Art by Di Mano in Mano with a selection of crystals by Pietro Chiesa, Laura Santillana, Renato Toso, Vinicio Vianello, and Toni Zuccheri, among others; Ico Parisi design archive with the project Immagini per un’industria, 1968- 1970. The dock of Villa del Grumello becomes the starting point for an ideal journey to discover places representative of the rich architectural heritage that overlooks the shores of the Lario with the installation Paesaggi d’acqua. Un museo a cielo aperto sulle sponde del Lario, curated by Niccolò Nessi and Stefano Larotonda.
Documented already in the 15th century with the name of Castellazzo, in the second half of the 16th century the Villa del Grumello became one of the first residences on the banks of the Lario, surrounded by greenery and at the same time close to the urban center. Since 2006, the Villa del Grumello Association began its restoration in order to give it a new place in the cultural life of the city, as a venue for cultural, entrepreneurial, scientific and educational initiatives.
LIGHTNESS IN PROGRESS
Villa del Grumello
Como, via per Cernobbio 11
15-22 September 2024
10 am - 7 pm
entrance with ticket