malerbe

Malerbe is a site specific work of the landscape
designer Stefano Baccari included in Patricia Urquiola’s
“O’Clock. Design of the times, time of design” curated
by Silvia Annicchiarico and Jan van Rassem, which the
Triennale Design Museum presents at the Milan
Triennale from the 11th of October until the 8th of
January 2012.
The project originates from a topic which is particularly
dear to the designer, common weeds.
“They are real and strong, outside of every scheme, and
every project. Their nature is revolutionary. They fill
empty spaces, and adapt themselves to environmental
challenges. They begin their life by chance, even in the
middle of the road, and they take possession of space,
even the cracks in the asphalt” says Stefano Baccari.
He adds ”every weed has its own qualities, its own
energy, its own intrinsic poetry. They are an integral
part of the country landscape as well as the urban one,
indifferent to social contexts. The selection of wild plants
is a provocation, a reaction to discrimination even within
the plant environment, to try to stimulate research on
biodiversity and thus try to improve ecological
management of the environment ."
Malerbe is a new form of vertical plant growth, where
the visual impression of asphalt dominates the scene.
The asphalt is nothingness – the absence of any form of
life, the denial of development, while plants are the life
force, prosperity, energy, change, evolution.

LOCATION: TRIENNALE MILANO, ITALY
YEAR: 2011