Shy Society by DRIFT - Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

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EVENT NAME: Shy Society installation by DRIFT

EVENT PLACE: Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi

EVENT DATE: from 24 October to 26 January 2025

EVENT COST: free

EVENT HOURS: Every day 10.00am-8.00pm Thursday until 11.00pm

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

As part of the Palazzo Strozzi Future Art program, in collaboration with the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation, Palazzo Strozzi presents Shy Society, a spectacular site-specific installation in the Renaissance courtyard created by the Dutch duo DRIFT, famous for installations, works and performance projects that combine art and technology.

Shy Society transcends the boundaries between installation, sculpture and music, transforming the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi into an immersive stage for a performance that combines artistic expression, nature and science. The work is composed of seven large flowers positioned in the open space of the courtyard, which move slowly and sinuously, opening and closing in an original choreography that follows an evocative soundtrack, a symphonic piece by the contemporary American composer RZA. In an atmosphere of contemplation and strong sensorial involvement, each part of the installation appears to us like a flower that continuously unfolds and retracts thanks to software designed to imitate the unpredictable and natural movements of real flowers, thus offering a reflection on the interrelationship between nature and artifice, control and wonder.

The installation at Palazzo Strozzi is an invitation to reimagine the historical context of Palazzo Strozzi as a new and evocative place of exploration, where each visitor becomes an active protagonist of an immersive and multi-sensory experience that allows us to rethink our relationship with nature and the space that surrounds us.

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