Sempering. Process and pattern in architecture and design The exhibition is a project of XXI Triennale International Exhibition Milan, hosted by MUDEC

Within a varied contemporary panorama, the exhibition displays a selection of ‘design events’ of different kinds and of different scales, organised into eight possible actions; eight metamorphoses capable of transforming materials or components into ‘artefacts’, into active elements of our daily lives and culture. The four categories formulated a hundred and fifty years ago by Gottfried Semper, and doubled in number to bring them up to date with contemporary conditions, are used as a grid to organise the complex structure of the artificial environment.

Sempering looks at architecture, landscapes and objects of the last decade crossing the established boundaries of every possible system of the arts, of every division in skills and sectors. Actions such as stacking heavy materials, connecting light structures, moulding soft materials, engraving fine casings, folding tin sheets, weaving threads, arranging tiles or blowing air can be seen as basic actions capable of inventing unexpected forms by the use of new technologies, but also as the testing of well-established ‘customs’ or formal traditions in their response to new conditions.

The space is divided into nine sections, one of which is envisaged as the beginning and the end of the exhibition path, while the other eight, one for each identified ‘action’, freely offer their contents to the visitor, deliberately lacking a predetermined sequence.

A variegated picture, where industry and crafts, advanced manufacturing processes and rediscovered manual skills, global innovation and local traditions come together in new combinations, distant more than ever from the ideals of universalism and mass production typical of Modernism.

monday
02.30pm-07.30pm
tuesday / wednesday
friday / sunday
09.30am-07.30pm
thursday and saturday
09.30am-10.30pm
THE TICKET OFFICE WILL CLOSE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITION

The XXI Triennale International Exhibition Milan is an event across the city. A Unique ticket is valid for one entry at each location even on different days.

15,00 € Full

12,00 € Reduced Students – Under 26 – Over 65 – Disabled visitors
10,00 € Special Reduced Groups – Concessions
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Mudec – Museo delle Culture. Spazio Focus
via Tortona 56, Milano

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, December 7
the Permanent Collection
may be subjected to closure
from 9:30am to 12:30pm
due to a trade union assembly.

The exhibition “Niki de Saint Phalle”,
“Dubuffet and Art Brut. Outsider Art”
and “Deloitte Photo Grant”
will be regularly open.


We apologize for any inconvenience.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC


Friday, December 13
the Permanent Collection
may be subjected to closure due to a national strike.

The exhibition “Niki de Saint Phalle”,
“Dubuffet and Art Brut. Outsider Art”
and “Deloitte Photo Grant”
will be regularly open.


We apologize for any inconvenience.