EGO Projects Opens in Milan with 'Materia inquieta'

Architect and exhibition designer Filippo Zagarese, in collaboration with the S2A studio of architects Lorenzo Sabatini and Andrea Sirotti, has founded EGO Projects, a new exhibition space in Milan. Located at Via Zebedia 7, near Piazza Sant'Alessandro, the space will open on April 3, 2025, during Milan Art Week. The inaugural exhibition, 'Materia inquieta,' is a two-person show featuring Pierluigi Scandiuzzi and Francesco Vullo, curated by Riccardo Rizzetto, running until May 4, 2025. The exhibition draws inspiration from Georges Perec's concept of the 'infraordinary,' exploring complexity and beauty in overlooked daily details. Scandiuzzi's work addresses the fragility of space and memory, focusing on the temporality of objects, while Vullo plays with tensions between natural and artificial, revealing what routine renders invisible. Zagarese's multidisciplinary background includes collaborations with Studio Lausanne in Switzerland, Ambra Piccin in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Clavien&Associes in Geneva, Kril in Rotterdam, curator Régis Michel, and director Boris Hars-Tschachotin. The name EGO Projects references Freud's concept of the ego as the 'director' of personality, balancing the id (art) and super-ego (architecture). Visits are by appointment only.