Wearing Insen

Artist list

Myriam Bottazzi, Arata Fuchi, Haruko Ito, Stefania Lucchetta, Gianni Misto, Francesca Mo, Cristian Visentin

The musical work, which in its original version consisted of seven tracks, is the subject of an artistic reinterpretation by seven jewelry designers and goldsmiths – Myriam Bottazzi (Milan, 1963), Arata Fuchi (Shizuoka, 1975), Haruko Ito (Hamamatsu, 1973), Stefania Lucchetta (Bassano del Grappa, 1967), Gianni Misto (Piombino, 1976), Francesca Mo (Milan, 1959), and Cristian Visentin (Varese, 1972) – who are engaged in translating its auditory stimuli into a wearable artwork. The site of creative action shifts from the realm of auditory perception to that of an experience that is not only visual, but above all tactile and interactive, through the medium of the jewel.

The new frontiers of the so-called digital revolution, symbolized here by the explorations of the musical duo, have, since the 1990s, unlocked previously unthinkable possibilities for the manipulation of ‘sonic matter’. Similarly, in the field of research applied to body adornment, technical advancements have radically renewed traditional tools of the trade, while also charting new paths that branch out between returns to tradition and forward-looking innovation. In evoking the hybrid and plural nature of the encounter between the classical harmonic musicality of Sakamoto’s piano and the cerebral electronic experimentation of Noto, ‘wearing’ Insen becomes both metaphor and pretext for reflecting on this duality – innate to jewelry just as to any other form of artistic expression, comments curator Alice Rendon.



The gallery of the Lorenzo de' Medici (LdM) Institute in Florence, located in the heart of the city center, will also host, on this occasion, a section dedicated to the work developed as part of the Jewelry Design course, taught by professor and architect Mauro Vegliante during the Spring term of the 2025-2026 academic year. The students involved in the Wearing INSEN project — Anna Berisheva, Carly Joy Gale, Fabiénne van Beek Fay, Rosa Sofie Dein, Sanna Cecilia Petterson, Sara Jane Dana, and Sonal Hiten Soni — were each invited to create a collection of three jewelry pieces. The exhibition will showcase the design process that allowed the students to apply the skills acquired during the course, from CAD drawings to 3D-printed prototypes, to the final pieces cast in metal.


Exhibition Opening: Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5-8 PM.


Lorenzo de' Medici Institute, founded in Florence in 1973, is one of the most established international institutions of higher education in Italy, offering over 500 courses across 36 departments at its Florence and Tuscania locations. The LdM Gallery, located on Via de' Pucci in Florence, is a project by the Institute: an interdisciplinary space where academic research and artistic experimentation meet within a professional setting, hosting exhibitions by students and emerging Italian and international artists throughout the year.