My work ‘Nella Crescita Spontanea’ is on view at @duegobbi during Circuito OFF at @fotografia_europea until May 17
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Nella Crescita Spontanea — Reggio Emilia, Circuito OFF Fotografia Europea, presso @duegobbi
“Nella Crescita Spontanea” è un progetto visivo che esplora il rapporto tra i giardini giapponesi e le aree verdi urbane di Kyoto, riflettendo come questi ambienti condividono una condizione di temporaneità, costantemente modellati e modificati da pratiche di manutenzione impercettibili, spesso invisibili.
Le fotografie ritraggono dettagli di due giardini situati nel nord di Kyoto, il giardino del tempio Seiken-ji e quello della residenza della famiglia Kagata, messi in relazione ad immagini di aree verdi urbane nel distretto di Sakyo-ku.
Tramite la giustapposizione di paesaggi altamente curati ad una vegetazione marginale, “Nella Crescita Spontanea” pone una riflessione sull’idea del giardino come luogo di ordine, controllo e sicurezza. In questo confronto emerge come entrambi gli ambienti condividano simili processi di cura, selezione e omissione, rivelando la natura costruita di ciò che viene comunemente inteso come spazio incontaminato, allontanandosi dalla visione di giardino come luogo idilliaco.
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Dal 30 aprile all’17 maggio 2026
La mostra è aperta nei weekend, dal Venerdì alla Domenica
*Giovedì 30 aprile | 18:00 – 24:00 (Giornata Inaugurale)
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Ephemeral Gardens — WE WILL DESIGN 2026: HELLO DARKNESS @base_milano during Milan Design Week
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The project explores the Japanese garden as a space for reflection on the dynamics of control affecting the relationships humans have with an idyllic version of nature.
Footage of meticulous cleaning activities in two gardens in Kyoto alternate with images of abandoned urban green areas around the Sakyo-ku district. Through the interplay of text, images and gestures, the video captures how these environments share a condition of ephemerality, continuously shaped by subtle and invisible actions of care and labor.
By juxtaposing maintained gardens and neglected urban vegetation, the work frames the idea of Japanese gardens as manifestations of control and sense of safety, while wild or underdeveloped areas are typically associated with disorder and neglect. Revealing instead how both are produced through similar processes of subtle care, selection and omission.
The video was developed during my 6 months Research Fellowship at @icakyoto in 2024-2025.
A special thank you to @sokan_munakata for allowing me to film in Seiken-ji temple’s garden.
BASE Milano – Milan Design Week
20-26 April
2025 has been an intense year, filled with material experimentation, new learnings, meaningful encounters and inspiring places. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supports and appreciates our work, we look forward to see what 2026 has in store for us!
During my year in Kyoto, I helped build an earthen wall at Seikenji Temple using traditional bamboo weaving techniques. Guided by @iwamo_3 , we worked hands-on to create a wall made from natural, locally sourced materials. It is hard to put into words the beautiful moments and memories that we shared, @sokan_munakata 本当にありがとう！
Going back to June, when together with @zenzai_collective we organised our first collective exhibition in Tokyo at @junbicyu_gakudai
Using Tokyo as a starting point, and reflecting on it as a place where abundance is embedded in the urban identity, we began questioning our own senses of loss and attachment to objects.
By closely observing pulled weeds, tools and gardening practices in Kyoto, mysterious deep sea life forms, shells and items found on the beach, mass produced objects and forgotten items in a grandmother’s house, we explored what it means to possess, use or discard things within their cultural and personal contexts.
The exhibition was made possible with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
@iam_mirano@gabrielenasole
Haunting Objects is a four-day exhibition in Tokyo that explores our complex and often overlooked relationship with material things in an age of over-production and accelerated consumption.
We build our world and sense of reality through objects. In our daily routines and mundane tasks, we interact with them constantly, forming emotional attachments, curiosity, indifference, or something else entirely. Over time, objects become so embedded in our movements and surroundings that they fade into the background, quietly holding history, memory, and a sense of belonging. Haunting us, just staring back.
In a time saturated with objects, production and consumption are pushed to move faster and faster. The time to form emotional connections or assign value to things feels increasingly limited. Especially in a city like Tokyo, where abundance is part of the urban identity, we, as a collective, began to wonder, how do individuals cope with a kind of loss; the loss of attachment, of relationship with objects?
By closely exploring the tension between traditional craft and mass-produced goods, the three artists reflect on what it means to use, to possess, or to discard from their own cultural and personal contexts.
Thu 26th June - Sun 29th June
@junbicyu_gakudai
Free evening event Fri 27th from 6pm to 9pm
Presenting works by: @giuliabraglia_@iam_mirano@gabrielenasole
“Ephemeral gardens” is a research project which analyses processes of maintenance and control within artificial green areas. By focusing on Japanese gardens as case studies, the research explores the tensions and balances between practices of preservation of wild vegetation and the production of green areas as confined spaces.
The project began with direct experience and observation of several gardens in Kyoto, as well as reflections and investigations on the relationship between urban development and green areas. Based on the notion that maintenance and preservation are key nodules in the mutation and creation of ecosystems, the project reflects on the natural dynamics of the garden as a space of ambiguity and discomfort, built on the human need of confining wild greenery to generate spaces in between the romantic illusion of nature and the safety of confined spaces.
Through continuous volunteer work cleaning gardens in Kyoto, the act of cleaning and restoration has come to be seen as a non-intrusive action rather than an invasive or shaping practice. In this context, the garden becomes a spontaneous and unpredictable space, in which the human presence is a light and imperceptible mark. The next few months will be focused on exploring how ambiguity and ephemerality are related to Kyoto and its gardens, by delving into the city’s green spaces and daily incomprehension.
Read more on my website—link in bio ✼
For the upcoming 5 months I will be in Japan working as a Research Fellow at ICA Kyoto, developing a research project on Japanese gardens in the area of Kyoto and how they relate and develop compared to the unmanaged flora around the city.
In this first phase, I have been inspired by this new environment, visiting some of the main gardens in Kyoto, while reading and studying Japanese scholars and getting to know Sakuteiki–a document of foremost importance from the Heian period, which for many centuries served as the source of inspiration for garden making in Japan.
Can’t wait to share more ~
