DUILIO FORTE

DUILIO FORTE is an half Italian and half Swedish artist, he graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and conducts research in art with an emphasis on spatial dimension. His work is finalized to implementation of the design of everyday life, the epic universe in which humans move. The practical experience of the Swedish tradition with attention to the nature and simplicity come together with the large scale and complexity of Italian history, culture and art. From childhood he lived the contrast between the two cultures as a stimulus for finding a creative synthesis, a space-time dimension where the two worlds can coexist. For this on February 12, 2009 on the occasion of 200 years of Darwin’s birth, he launches the movement ArkiZoic. The ArkiZoic manifesto traces the guidelines for an artistic style based on the centrality of the spirit of life, breath, Anemos, which from 450 million years ago characterizes unequivocally the planet earth.
Duilio Forte has been nominated for the Iakov Chernikhov International Prize “Challenge of the Time”, the prize by ICIF Iakov Chernikov International Foundation reserved to young architects. His works has been shown the 2008 and 2010 editions of the Biennale of Architecture in Venice.

On 13th March 1998 Duilio Forte founds AtelierFORTE
Atelier Forte is a space in constant development and mutation where all the projects and works are led by the ArkiZoic style. The studio is the physical place where the contamination between different fields of art and culture is a creative act. As a movie or a theatre show production, the characters that animate the space, like actors playing their role, contribute with different skills and abilities to the completion of the work.
MATERIALS – AtelierFORTE uses two materials: wood and iron. Wood is mainly used in the development of large buildings such as the Sleipnir series, the legendary eight-legged horse of Odin that blends with the tradition of Trojan horse, able to conquer fortresses and arsenals, and to slip slightly over the lagoon of Venice and the lakes of the Swedish Bergslagen. On the other hand the iron dominates in the plastic sculpture. By binding, these two materials together create works with special features. Lightweight structures and very durable yet. Two ancient materials that contribute to the definition of a world projected into the future, with deep roots in the past, history and tradition.

AtelierFORTE’s activities are into art, academic teaching, architecture and design.
For important customers like Missoni, Piazza Sempione, MODA IN, Fay, Mango, Milano Film Festival, Diesel, AHEC, AtelierFORTE designed and realized scenographical installations and furniture in Milan, New York and Paris.