The ART-AI wallpaper collection is inspired by a project conceived by the designer Giuliano Ravazzini and his countless trips to the African continent. The wallpapers reproduce the works created by Giuliano, true unique pieces with a high handicraft component linked to the manual processing of an apparently very simple material: paper.
ART-AI is a constantly evolving project, with the aim of creating a bridge and an unbreakable bond between Italy and Africa.
A bond made up of artistic inspiration and culture, diversity and aesthetics, intuition and beauty research.
The name ART-AI already expresses the desire to find a point of union between two continents, with the aim of recovering ancient decorative techniques handed down over time according to the rules of the tribe.
This encounter between profoundly different cultures gives birth to artistic productions, which mostly take pictorial form. Each of these is like an enigma that incites the imagination to discover the story hidden behind the shapes and signs.
The works of ART-AI propose an executive technique shared by an entire village community, which transforms waste material, paper, plants and colours into harmonious decorative compositions, as well as in everyday objects.
The artistic research of the ART-AI project blends ancient techniques, colours and forms together. The common thread is a mix of cultures which, despite their diversity, maintain a uniform aesthetics. These works are distinguished by a high level of craftsmanship due to the manual processing of an apparently simple material. The production takes place without the tools that an artist usually uses, and instead discarded and thrown-away materials are sought for reuse and renewal.
The use of technologies that allow us to reproduce in print the appearance of the handcrafted papers, that is, this surface appearance of roughness, these colours produced by natural oxides, allows us to convey to the people who will be surrounded by the wallpapers the same ancestral emotional state.
Choosing these wallpapers will be like visiting Africa. Just a few hints to make your mind wander.
