Midsummer Naba Tale

a project by NABA Milano
curated by Romeo Gigli and Nancy Martin

June 2012

Midsummer Naba Tale

a project by NABA Milano
curated by Romeo Gigli and Nancy Martin

June 2012

Midsummer NABA Tale, Mevlie Cesur. Assab One, 2012. Foto Giacomo Giannini

Nicolò Ambrosi, Takayumi Abe, Selin Bayrakta, Marzia Bia, Mevlie Cesur, Luisa D’Amico, Gai Di, Caterina Di Pietro, Ali Karami, Silna Kim, Behnoud Khashe, Yana Kostlyeva, Teresa Maccapani Missoni, Andrea Mellucci, Sidadalwe Ndlwana, Sandra Okune, Ersel Orge, Martina Padrin, Luisa Pasqualini, Cleofe Maria Ragusa, Miao Ran, Teresa Ribeiro, Carolina Rudloff, Elisabetta Sapia, Ladina Steinegger, Ramona Tabita, Ying Qi, Deepa Linet Xaxa, Gizem Yucelen.

The exhibition presents 30 garments created by students of the two-year postgraduate program, alongside a collective textile piece: a large patchwork made of cotton gauze, dyed using the traditional oshibori technique and produced during a workshop led by Nancy Martin.

Through an exploration of fashion languages, students were invited to articulate their individual visions and cultural roots—bringing forth original creations that reflect their personal interpretations. This rich diversity of outcomes has been curated and reimagined by Romeo Gigli, who constructs a shadowed urban landscape where different cultures and aesthetics meet and coexist. This scenography is animated by the choreography of Davide Montagna and the soundscape composed by Aldo Lanzini