The warp is reason, the weft emotion: the creative weave gives rise to a fabric of vertical stripes, known as Kokura Stripes, a tribute to Japanese crafts that wraps one corner of the Università degli Studi di Milano.
A triple installation by the Japanese textile artist Noriko Tsuiki with the architect Naoyuki Shirakawa, elegantly interfaced with the 17th-century architecture of the Chiostro Maggiore, where below the portico, to the left of the entrance, stands the statue of St. Ambrose, patron saint of Milan.
In this area Tsuiki and Shirakawa have placed three creations: a sculptural volume with a rectangular section composed of 150 stacks of Kokura Stripes fabrics by Shima-Shima, extending in a visual parabola between the left foot and the right hand of the statue of the saint; a column composed of lenghts of handwoven fabrics by Tsuiki, splitting into four parts at the top; and an evocative lamp suspended over the steps, made with 1344 pieces of fabrics in different patterns.
A parabolic installation to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Japan in an interactive, multisensory game, in honor of a great textile tradition.
Produced by Kokura Stripes Japan Association with Shima-Shima
