FuturDome is pleased to present Natural History of Imagination collaboration between fashion collective MARIOS with photographer Sara Scanderebech (Nardò, 1985).
Blurring the line between fashion and photography, the project transforms five extraordinary macro photographs into wearable works of art, designed and created by the fashion designers collective.
On the occasion of Milano Art Week, the collection comes alive inside FuturDome’s raw spaces, complementing them through a curated site-specific display.
Natural History of Imagination explores the invisible connection between the natural world and our desire to observe, possess, and reinterpret it. The macro prints capture intricate details, turning garments into living canvases that tell an unexpected dialogue between body and nature.
Much like in the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, where the protagonists find themselves tiny in a garden that suddenly becomes an unfamiliar and astonishing jungle, these images invite us to shift our perspective. We come so close that the boundaries between observer and subject dissolve, immersing us in a universe where every detail reveals a new dimension of reality.
This encounter between imagination and reality encourages us to look beyond the surface and rediscover our instinctive connection with the natural world.
“All these flowers, which I’d always regarded as the objects of my desire, were also, I realized, subjects, acting on me, getting me to do things for them they couldn’t do for themselves.” – Michael Pollan
MARIOS is an independent brand established in 2001 out of an idea of Greek Cypriot Mayo Loizou and Polish Leszek Chmielewski. For MARIOS fashion is the result of the balance between aesthetics and functionality. Its garments are contemporary, often transformable and multifunctional, and for everyday use. Approach to design is simple and rational, demonstrating a conceptual idea of fashion intended for conscious consumers who use clothing as a form of narration of their personalities. Multiculturalism, experimentation as an intellectual and practical approach to design and attention to the phenomena generated by counterculture make MARIOS a manifesto of aesthetic signs brought from the street and of the most interesting artistic currents. Collaborating with artists and brands has been a fundamental part of MARIOS‘ identity since its inception; each collection includes a capsule generated together with a contemporary artist.
Sara Scanderebech (born in Nardò in 1985) graduated in Visual Arts from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and began her career as a photographer for the Carla Sozzani Gallery. Her work traverses art, fashion, and design, often leading her to collaborate with artists, brands, and magazines. Rooted in a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, she uses photography to explore reality and create new imaginaries. Details of plants, animals, objects, and bodies morph into contemporary symbols and metaphors of meaning, evoking an emotional tension ranging from attraction towards the subject to repulsion towards its representation. Her photographic projects have been featured in solo and group exhibitions, including at the Italian Pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023, Camera – Centro Italiano per la fotografia in Turin (2023), Spazio Martin in Milan (2022), SomoS ArtHouse in Berlin (2022), and PhotoVogue Festival in Milan (2022).
