HUMAN CODE

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Roberto Sironi's solo show HUMAN CODE, presented in the underground spaces of SIAM during Milano Design Week 2019, is the culmination of a reflection that has characterized the enquiry of the Milanese designer from the outset. An autobiographical project that brings together anthropology, technology, data analysis, and experimentation with processes and materials, as well as memories of illuminating encounters and journeys of exploration. Set in a parallel dimension with respect to the city streets, the exhibition traces the most important stages of human evolution. A series of pieces, exhibited here for the first time, fuse fragments of the past and present into a single human code, in a dense sedimentation that spans 300,000 years. Sironi's work seems to suggest that the Anthropocene – the current geological age connoted by the impact of humankind on the planet, whose symbolic date is 16 July 1945 - actually begins with the earliest appearance of human beings, who have always had an antithetical relationship with nature. In the cellars of the SIAM building adjacent to the Roman ruins on which the city of Milan is built, the designer projects his gaze thousands of years forward. Through this space-time passage, familiar objects of the present become mysterious and powerful archaeological artifacts, re-emerging in a distant future where the artificial and natural components are stratified together in an indissoluble way. A powerful suggestion that leads the viewer to question the condition of human existence. This exhibition is made possible by the collaboration of Abet Laminati, main sponsor of the event, and by the technical partnerships with Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Neonlauro, Serpentino & Graniti, Indexlab, and Serra 1938. With the support of SIAM - Società d’Incoraggiamento d’Arti e Mestieri.