Inspired by Medulum Gengè (not replica Medulum Gengè)

Due to the copyright notice, please note that this product is not a replica

Original code: GENGÈ1-GENGÈ2

Product description

Gengè is a wall sculpture in solid wood, available in 2 variants.
“Because reality was not given to us and does not exist; but if we want, we have to do it ourselves; and it will never be one for all time, but constant and infinitely changing.” Luigi Pirandello – One, Nobody and One Hundred Thousand. Thanks to a particular intertwining of viewpoints, when looking at Gengè - a furniture accessory designed by Matteo Vilardo and Marcello Marino per MEDULUM - one can closely examine its image when viewed from the right angle, while those looking from the outside will still see only the mask created by the object. A collection of non-mirrors - at the same time extremely unusual, impressive and at the same time minimalist - which makes the observer reflect on the topic of identity in contemporary society, stimulating him to constantly search for masks that overlap us and reality. In this way, the eternal and extremely important topic of the double is reinterpreted using the tools of design: who we really are and what others see about us.
A collection of non-mirrors whose aim is to lead the observer to explore - in a modern way, and at the same time free from any form of virtuality - the ancient theme of identity and its double; using a mask as a shape, a mirror as an instrument and a wooden diaphragm as an optical medium.
The designers' tribute to the Italian writer Pirandello and the hero of his novel Uno, nessuno e centomila (One, not a Hundred Thousand), Gengè also indirectly represents the tribute to his common Sicilian origin.
MATERIALS
Acrylic mirror, MDF board, solid wood.
FINISHES
G3 acrylic mirror
L14 gold painted
01 oak
02 nights canaletto
10 mahogany

Technical data

GENGÈ1 W123.5 x H173 x D4.8 cm
GENGÈ2 W123.5 x H194 x D4.8 cm

Tags

Medulum, Matteo Vilardo, Sculptures, Decorations, Art and graphics, sculpture, Contemporary style sculptures, Wood sculptures, Solid wood sculptures