Erez Nevi Pana's Tropical Milano video installation at 5 Vie
Erez Nevi Pana, the Israeli designer known for pioneering vegan design, presents 'Tropical Milano,' a video installation curated by Maria Cristina Didero and produced by 5 Vie at their headquarters in Milan. The work moves beyond typical vegan-friendly aesthetics to depict a dystopian future where global warming has rendered Milan a tropical wasteland. In the video, a man enveloped in a cocoon is surrounded by banana plants, paralyzed by a hostile environment. The film, set to techno music by Nimrod Gorovich, uses handcrafted and self-cultivated artifacts such as a mosquito-net cocoon made from banana and pumpkin fibers. Nevi Pana critiques society's inertia in addressing climate change, warning that the exotic Milan some envision may become a grim reality. The installation runs until October 10, 2020, at Via Cesare Correnti 14.
Key facts
- Erez Nevi Pana is the first designer to bring vegan design to specialist attention.
- He self-produced vegan paper for his doctoral thesis at the University of Vienna.
- Tropical Milano is a video installation curated by Maria Cristina Didero.
- The installation is produced by 5 Vie.
- The video features music by Nimrod Gorovich.
- All artifacts in the video are handmade and self-cultivated from banana and pumpkin fibers.
- The work depicts a man in a cocoon surrounded by banana plants, symbolizing apathy toward climate change.
- The exhibition runs until October 10, 2020, at 5 Vie Head Quarter in Milan.
Entities
Artists
- Erez Nevi Pana
- Nimrod Gorovich
- Christien Meindertsma
- Maria Cristina Didero
Institutions
- 5 Vie
- University of Vienna
- Garage Sanremo
- Artribune
Locations
- Bnei Brak
- Israel
- Milan
- Italy
- Via Cesare Correnti 14, Milan