The exhibition, held in Palazzo Braschi and organized by the Cineteca di Bologna, showed clothes captured by the Italian cinema and designed by the most established tailors: Canonero, Pescucci, Tirelli, Tosi. The outline and realization of this exhibition was done in collaboration with the director of photography, Luca Bigazzi, and Viabizzuno.
The aim was to give the dresses a central role, and the exhibition did it through a plurality of orchestral voices. Without spoiling the relationship between the setting and the demanding container: a background set by one of the most important historical buildings of the center of Rome, ordered by Pope Braschi, current seat of the Museum of Rome and located within walking distance between Piazza San Pantaleo and Piazza Navona.
The main focus of the design was to respect the pure geometry of things. Keeping in mind the proportions and light sources of the room hosting it.
The lacquered wood material chosen for the construction of the base, made the distinction between the intervention and the late eighteenth-century flooring possible. Additionally, the reflectivity of this material was proved to be an ideal addition to the internal atmosphere created by Mario Nanni.
A significant episode in the install process was the relocation - within the Great Hall which overlooks Piazza Navona - of the imposing model of Borromini’s complex “Sant’ Agnese in Agone”. Α theatrical scenery fetched the model, consisted by self-supporting panels of the same height as the ceiling. Therefore, in this episode, a pause is implied in the exhibition itinerary: an interruption of the rhythm of the room which, at the same time, respected the pattern of the tapestries and the symmetrical proportions of the most representative space of the noble floor. During this time and space, Navona was recalled, the presence of which remains hidden in the dark due to the lighting choices of the room.
Furthermore, Cineteca disposed along the exhibition the screening of iconic cinematographic scenes in reference to the clothes on display; the sources of the projections were properly hidden from the viewer's sight so as not to alter a wisely displayed scenic illusion.