On the occasion of Pitti Filati 70
Rivestimi
The special project by Denise Bonapace and Peter Bottazzi
Denise Bonapace and Peter Bottazzi on the occasion of Pitti Immagine Bimbo, Pitti Immagine Filati and concomitantly with Vintage Selection, will be present at Stazione Leopolda with the project RIVESTIMI, promoted by Tesmapri and Conau (national consortium of used clothes and accessories), with the participation of the national society of technology research Next Technology Tecnotessile.
RIVESTIMI, the project finds its origin from the discovery of the common theme
billè (french) included either in the word “clothing” either in the verb“to live” infact : the clothing it’s a moving space to transport and incorporate, to wear and thru which we comunicate and we live.
The project begins with the rescue of disused clothes, soon after they receive a treatment against smog. The clothes change their original function to create urban sensibilitation regarding the reuse of the things that are around us.
In this project clothes and environment will now interact in a new way, it will take place a real textile architecture where the dress will not belong anymore to a single person but to the community.
The designers will realize in Florence an ideal continuation of Stazione
Leopolda’s facade with a final development of 35 mt of lenght and 6 mt high, as a consequence of the sewing and assembly of about 400 pants and 800 ties: a huge textile openwork to promenade and to lose yourself in.
