Out of Obscurity
ANCE, Rome, 2012
Artists: Roel Backaert
Exhibition Design and Curatorship: Milk Train
Client: ANCE, Associazione Nazionale Costruttori Edili
L’industria delle Costruzioni: Giuseppe Nannerini, Gaia Pettena
Contractor: Devoto Design
Catalog: Hans Ibelings, Giampiero Sanguigni, the Architecture Observer
Graphics: Pasquale Strazza
Photo: Roel Backaert
Surface: 150sm
This exhibition was conceived as a cohesive design project, with Milk Train responsible for the exhibition furniture, curatorial direction, and the development of the catalog content.
The client requested a flexible display system composed of easily movable components, capable of accommodating a variety of exhibitions and content over the coming months and years.
The final design consists of 15 mobile, self-standing modules constructed by stacking timber elements. Each “stack” alternates solid wood pieces with empty spaces, allowing artworks to be inserted, repositioned, or removed with ease—ensuring maximum adaptability and reusability.