TOThe center, a glass coffin full of sea water contains a raw iron nail. Environment, Twelve breathless portraitswho “remove their breath” also to visitors. Transfigured by plastic waste we recognize Helena Christensen, Misty Copeland, Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gala Gonzalez, Julianne MooreMoynahan Bridget, Carolyn Murphy, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Naomi Watts. Eleven women and a man soffocated by bags, straws, networks: just as happens to turtles, whales and dolphins in our seas. It is installation Breathtakingconceived and created by the famous photographer Fabrizio Ferriproduced by Noble Agency, staged from 2 to 27 April 2025, at the Museum of Natural History in Milan. A reflection for images, of great visual impact, on the devastating effect of plastics and microplastics in the oceans.
Susan Sarandon “breathless” for Fabrizio Ferri
To the presentation to the press, Susan Sarandon78 years old, he said why, when he was invited to participate in the installation, he did not think about it. “Our history began in the water, the problems of the sea are our problems. Already today our lives are married to plastic: they have also found microplastics in breast milk. But the production of plastic, which is already today 500 million tons per year, will not decrease: in thirty years it will be 1.2 billion tons. We must ask for a change, To avoid ending up in that coffin».
Breathtakinginstallation of complaint against plastic in the sea
The installation, Ferri told, She was born from a request from her daughter Emma: «He showed me some images of a dolphin and a seal suffocated by bags of
plastic. He asked me if I could do something». So the photographer, with his wife, and his manager, Geraldina Polverellistarted calling friends who wanted to participate.
Fabrizio Ferri with Susan Sarandon at the presentation of Breathtaking, in Milan
“It was a kind of apostolic call. Fabrizio did not explain anything. He said alone: come»Explains Polverelli, who was born historical of the other to become an entrepreneur in New York (with Superstudio industry). “The twelve who presented themselves chose with which plastic object to be photographed: They are collection materials that we have really recovered on the coasts ».
Each of them chose how to give a face to the feeling of plastic on. «They are very different portraits. In some you see the fight against plastic. For example, Isabella Rossellini went away with the holes on the face, for all those straws that she herself pressed on the skin », explains Ferri. «In others the sadness: that tear on the Gala Gala face, almost a Pierrot. While Susan … in his gaze life seems to have escaped ».
Breathtaking installation, at the Milan Natural History Museum from 2 to 27 April 2025.
«In the museum, anticipates the room dedicated to the human species, which tells our genesis», Explains Tommaso Sacchi, councilor for culture of the Municipality -. While the dramatic images and the coffin evidently refer to our end ».
Plasticalling time: from awareness to action
And yet, as per Emma Ferri’s request, the installation of his father Fabrizio has a proactive mission. The installation does not only ask for awareness but also action. For this, at the entrance of Breathtaking There is the research of the Catholic University of Milan, Plasticalling. On the one hand it offers a scientific perspective on the impact of plastic and microplastics on environmental and human health, on the other encourages to adopt collective solutions.
“The goal is to go beyond the complaint”, explains Professor Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, principal of the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the University of the Sacred Heart, who collaborated on the project. “Art and science can catalyze a significant change in awareness and behaviors”.
Susan Sarandon at the presentation of the book by Fabrizio Ferri
The commitments of Susan Sarandon with Fabrizio Ferri in Milan They are not over. Today at 18:30a Royal Palacewill participate in the Presentation open to the public of the book So far (Rizzoli). A volume – of course also photographic – in which Ferri retraces the path of his life and his career. Work but also special meetings, experiences, places of the heart e Some of the most iconic portraits he made. From Isabella Rossellini to New York to Sting in Pantelleria, and again, Monica Bellucci, Carla Bruni. Of course, there is also a place for Susan Sarandon.
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