Equilibrium

Abstract

The exhibition, EQUILIBRIUM, at the Ferragamo Museum in Florence, illustrates this concept with Salvatore Ferragamo's writings, research and his creations, using his shoes as a starting point for a study, a deep investigation between science, art and of course, fashion. Ferragamo recognized the importance of the foot's arch, stating that, "Nature, the supreme architect from whom Man has borrowed and adapted so many of his ideas," creating the arch of the foot to support the most weight, just as in the architectural arch can support more weight than a flat lintel. He considered the movement of the human body, based from the foot, considering connections with the fields of science, art, architecture, archaeology, circus and dance. From walking derives, running, dancing, and other movement all dependent on a relationship between the foot and the mind, with everything in between.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Equilibrium / Sergio Risaliti -- Feet don't lie / Stefania Ricci -- Standing, walking, moving in equilibrium as a dancer or tight-rope walker / Sergio Risaliti -- Walking for six million years / Telmo Pievani -- Walking. A philosophy and lifestyle / Duccio Demetrio -- Neoclassical balance. Canova and the rhythms of grace / Carlo Sisi -- Volatile balance. Degas, Rodin, Bourdelle and the dancing revolution / Flavio Arensi -- Divine equilibriums. Terpsichore and Mercury / Elisa Guzzo Vaccarino -- Chaos in order: Chaplin's walk / Sandro Bernardi -- Balances: learning to learn. Feldenkrais' great lesson / Emanuele Enria -- A portrait of the photographer as a tight-rope walker / Walter Guadagnini -- The present's fragile equilibrium / Arabella Natalini -- Transmitting the experience of equilibrium / Emanuele Enria -- A history of equilibrium across the generations / James Ferragamo -- The dynamics of equilibrium / Cecil Balmond -- Instinctive equilibrium / Reinhold Messner -- Walking: perceiving space and the sense of equilibrium / Will Self -- On tiptoe / Eleonora Abbagnato -- Mind and body in equilibrium on the wire / Philippe Petit.