Paradox Garden

For Parasite 2.0, systematic experimenters on the fronts of architecture, design and stage design between London and Milan, direct experience is the basis for any possible advancement of meaning. The goal is not the realisation of an object or any finished product - or at any rate not only, and certainly not in the case of this work. Armed with a peculiar language, empathetic and intuitive, they have intervened in a complementary manner with respect to the data explored in the scientific laboratories, where innovation, sustainability (over 51% of some special formulas are recycled, or in some cases obtained from 30% bio-resins) and the physical-mechanical properties of XL EXTRALIGHT® are developed. The six paradoxical machines, staged in the Alcova garden on the occasion of Milan Design Week 2022, talk to visitors without mediation. The activation of this large installation lies in the glance of the people observing it, without the need for captions: the interaction with the movements, the more or less explicit suggestions. If the perspective of observation changes, the scenario is completely transformed.