Adrien Missika: [ham-uh k]

For the new Natuzzi store in Miami the French artist created an oversize hammock which houses a number of people and calls for a harmonious and dreamlike “being together”.

Adrien Missika, <i>[ham-uh k]</i>, installazione site-specific per Natuzzi, Miami. Photo Monica Schipper

The Natuzzi Open Art project – coordinated by Myriam Ben Salah, curator of cultural activity for Palais de Tokyo and collaborator with Maurizio Cattelan – provides the participation of contemporary artists from various backgrounds to create site-specific works that come to life in Natuzzi’s flagship stores around the world.

Adrien Missika – French born artist, living between Berlin and Mexico City – has been invited by curator Myriam Ben Salah in recognition of his ability to translate his personal experience of an environment into art that can involve various media, from sculpture to photography, from installations to videos. Missika faces the challenge to interpret the concept of Harmony Maker. The main concept is, therefore, a balance between the objects, a harmony to live in the house.

Adrien Missika, <i>[ham-uh k]</i>, site-specific installation for Natuzzi, Miami. Photo Monica Schipper — Adrien Missika, *[ham-uh k]*, site-specific installation for Natuzzi, Miami. Photo Monica Schipper

The installation represents the fruit of his total immersion in the product development Style Center at the Natuzzi HQ in Puglia that constitutes the creative heart of the company.

[ham-uh k] gives continuation with Missika’s Siesta Club project, where he installed hammocks in various parts of the world, inviting visitors to stop and relax.

“A hammock is a functional object created by human beings for relaxation”, states Missika. “I like the idea of giving this object a rest, making it a sculpture or a painting, abstracting it from its function, but without compromising its visual impact”.

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