For the second edition of the collaboration between art and the fashion brand Corneliani on ecological production, the Sardinian–Piedmontese artist SCERBO (Biella, 1984) selected three elements for the installation UltraCapi: oak bark, cherry tree branches, and metal pipes. These materials, both natural and anthropogenic, are the result of urban scouting and exploration carried out in the woods of Piedmont through a creative survey of the territory. From these elements, SCERBO created three sculptural forms delicately placed on the heads of Corneliani mannequins, functioning as ecological crowns.
Traditionally associated with social or spiritual power, crowns here are reimagined as symbols of environmental responsibility, responding to an urgency that can no longer be postponed. UltraCapi gives shape to three totemic figures, guardians entrusted with the care, surveillance, and protection of planet Earth. Wearing the same clothes as us, without faces or rank, these figures embody a collective identity: they are each and every one of us. Through a symbolic coronation, the artist reminds us that anyone can assume this role, provided they act with awareness and commitment. Guarding becomes an active verb, a conscious decision grounded in responsibility. In the context of the environmental crisis, SCERBO’s work calls for the transformation of duty into a shared practice of respect and protection.
With UltraCapi, SCERBO constructs a habitat that oscillates between the physical presence of sculptural elements conceived for Palazzo Durini and a virtual dimension enabled through video art, allowing for the digital experience of the work.
ARTIST: SCERBO
UltraCapi
EXHIBITION
SCERBO
For the second edition of the collaboration between art and the fashion brand Corneliani about ecological production, the Sardinian-Piedmontese artist SCERBO (Biella, 1984) picks three elements for the installation UltraCapi: oak barks, cherry tree branches and metal pipes. These materials, of natural and anthropic origin, are the fruit of urban scouting and exploration in the Piedmont woods through a creative survey of the context. Thanks to these, SCERBO creates three sculptural elements delicately placed on the heads of three Corneliani mannequins, such as ecological crowns. Suppose crowns are commonly associated with social responsibilities (be they derived from temporal or spiritual power), in that case, these headgears invoke environmental responsibility in the face of an urgency that can wait no longer. SCERBO's UltraCapi gives form to three totemic figures, three guardians charged with the care, surveillance and protection of planet earth.
The UltraCapi wear the same clothes as us, they have no face or rank, they are each and every one of us. Through a collective coronation, the artist's intervention reminds us that anyone can be the deserving recipient of the crown as long as they commit with awareness. The act of guarding is an active verb of personal decision, which presumes the assumption of responsibility. Today, in the age of environmental crisis, the cry of artists calls for the transformation of duty into a skill for a collective attitude of respect and protection of what surrounds us.
With UltraCapi, SCERBO creates a habitat, a scenography that oscillates between the physical dimension of the sculptural elements explicitly designed for Palazzo Durini and the virtual dimension through video art that permits the digital fruition of the work.