Publication accompanying the exhibition/event held in March 2019 in the wonderful rooms of Palazzo Visconti in Milan. Inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, the publication closes the trilogy that began with Wild and continued with Vanitas Mundi, finally leading us to penetrate the immense ocean abyss, unknown and rich in immeasurable beauty.
For Giovanni Raspini Nautilus means adventure, imagination and creativity. Inspired by fascinating themes such as the treasures of the sea, the world of science fiction, late 19th Century technology, universal exhibitions and fashion between Liberty and Art Déco, Giovanni Raspini has developed all his ability to quote and interpret to create amazing jewels and dream objects. Treasures that tell that universe of fantasy and discovery, imagined as part of the sumptuous interiors of the submarine of the mysterious Captain Nemo. Important jewels with pearls, stones and corals, all made by hand using the ancient technique of lost wax casting, silver and white bronze architectures with visionary and intriguing settings. Like the bronze submarine, hero of the exhibition, which was born from the ad hoc collaboration with the Tuscan creative historian Giancarlo Fulgenzi.
“Jules Verne”, says Giovanni Raspini, “besides the scientific novel he really invented great science fiction and embodied it for all of us who dreamed over those incredible pages. After so many years, we want to tell about that world and offer an interpretation linked to our narrative skills. We are jewelers and silversmiths, so our homage and tribute was to design jewels, silver and objects. Naturally, the protagonist of the exhibition is the Nautilus submarine: this Nineteenth-Century technological creature that seems to us so much animalier.”
Languages: English and Italian
Edition: 2019
