BOLEROWERK BY VITELLI: A CINETICA FEATURE.

"Bolerowerk" DIY-style collection was inspired the german Kosmiche Musik esthetic and the italian Arte Cinetica e Programmata, both originated and developed across the 70s. The name and the track “Bolero” by Kebekelektrik as played by Daniele Baldelli at Cosmic Club in 1981. The idea behind the story coincides with the discovery of a box of polaroids in the basement of a small town’s photo shop, along some wooden sculptures inspired by artisanal hippie-market toys. The objects feature optical painted shapes as well as rotating panels to be pinned by hand. Lookbook photography has been approached in the same artisanal manner: pictures were printed, hand-manipulated and finally scanned. The garments consist in a series of hand-machine knitted stripes, hand-looped to cashmere blend "rasato" jumpers and pants; a classic “dolcevita” cashmere sweater embroidered with a “catenella” finishing; two crew-neck jumpers knitted with a steel+wool yarn, shaped by hand on the sleeves. Bolerowerk was available through a special pop-up shop in Rome, hosted by Contemporary Cluster gallery in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition “Cinetica: il Gruppo Mid (1965-1975)” from December 15th 2018.