POV: Giorgio Ferrero and Andrea Cassi's installation on design and nature in Milan

During Milan Design Week 2024, an installation titled POV. Punti di vista tra materia e natura was presented in Piazza Gae Aulenti, Milan. Created by Giorgio Ferrero (filmmaker, photographer, composer, artistic director, founder of Mybosswas) and Andrea Cassi of studio EX, the work explores the relationship between human intervention and natural materials. The installation features five Fine Art images and a sound video, shared with NContemporary gallery in Milan. Ferrero and Cassi manipulated materials such as wood, ice, stone from Val di Susa (gneiss), Iranian onyx marble, and lava stone, using ultraviolet light to reveal transformations invisible to the naked eye. The project was commissioned by Nicola Ricciardi in collaboration with Studio Labo. Ferrero and Cassi emphasize hybridization of disciplines and challenge anthropocentric objectivity, drawing on ecological ideas from Aldo Leopold. The work aims to provoke reflection on how human actions leave traces on matter and the environment.