BAR FORTUNA

THE SERRANDA, OR IN MILANESE CLER, COMMISSIONED BY BAR FORTUNA, A TYPICAL AND RURAL CAFFE AND TABACCHI PLACE DESPITE BEING IN THE CENTER OF MILAN. THE 3 SHUTTERS, EACH OF 2.3 X 1.5 METERS, INCORPORATE THE ESSENCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SAN CRISTOFORO – ROMOLO, AND SYNTHESIZE THE MULTIPLE IDENTITIES LIVED ON THE SIDEWALKS AND AT THE TABLES OF THE BAR. THE SHUTTERS DEPICT THE CHINESE-JAPANESE (AS THE OWNER IS CHINESE) LUCKY CAT, MANEKI NEKO, THE PATRON SAINT OF THE AREA, SAN CRISTOFORO, THE ONLY SAINT STILL REPRESENTED TODAY AS HALF MAN AND HALF DOG, DESCENDED FROM THE STAR OF SIRIUS, AND A CENTRAL LOOK AT THE ROUNDABOUT, ROUNDNESS UNDERSTOOD AS CIRCULARITY OF MOVEMENTS, SUMMED UP WITH A SPILLED CUP OF COFFEE