Show organizers recently announced that “Milleluci—Italian Style Concept” will be the title of the fourth edition of the collective exhibition at Cersaie, in Bologna, Italy, Sept. 25-29. The exhibition will be hosted in a 400 sq.m. space in Pavilion 30. “Milleluci” draws inspiration from the TV variety show conducted by Mina and Raffaella Carrà in 1974; each episode paid homage to a different type of entertainment, from radio to cabaret, musical to opera. The exhibit’s curators, Angelo Dall’Aglio and Davide Vercelli, came up with the format to create a voyage through luminous atmospheres which highlight the material, textures, and design of bathroom furnishings, balanced between classical forms and alternative styles.
The exhibition will be divided into ten themed sets, as were the episodes of the original variety show, each linked to a different genre from the cinema and theatre. The background of each installation will be formed of a backlit image relating to a given film or work, to which the set itself will refer. The sets will include: Madame Butterfly (opera), Goldfinger (spy story), Grease (musical), For a Few Dollars More (western), Young Frankenstein (comedy), Valentina (animation), Once Upon a Time in America (drama), The Persuaders (TV series), Space 1999 (science fiction), Shining (horror).