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Exhibition

Milan
Paradoxes and Opportunities

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In recent years, economic and social disparities in Milan have deepened, resulting in an increasingly fragmented urban fabric. A complex reality has emerged where opposing trends coexist, creating real paradoxes that affect access to opportunities and influence the future of an ever-growing part of the population. Based on a detailed analysis of urban data conducted by the SI Lab at Università Bocconi, six major paradoxes that currently characterize Milan have been identified. Each of these has been paired with an artist, selected in collaboration with Black History Months Milano, invited to reinterpret them. The project takes shape as a vast living and relational archive—a space for dialogue, collective creation, and continuous hybridization—that is conceived to spark reflection on Milan’s future in an inclusive, responsible, and courageous way. The exhibition invites visitors to delve into the city’s contradictions in order to rethink scenarios that may seem irreversible.

Credits

The project is part of the 24th International Exhibition Inequalities.

Project Coordinator: Seble Woldeghiorghis 

Curated by: Damiano Gullì and Jermay Michael Gabriel, Director Black History Months Milano 
Scientific Advisor: SI Lab Bocconi – Alessandra Casarico, Felix Eychmüller, Chiara Serra
Exhibition Design: orizzontale 

Video animation and data visualization: propp 

Sound Design: Painé Cuadrelli 

Works by: Leyla Degan, Theophilus Imani, Délio Jasse, Muna Mussie, Jim C. Nedd, Justin Randolph Thompson 

In collaboration with: Università Bocconi Milano

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