Tender Hunger - A Monologue on Hunger

60 likes, 0 comments - yl.seilune on April 13, 2026: "Tender Hunger • Milan Design Week 2026 A Monologue on Hunger Tender Hunger reimagines hunger as a storyteller. Not merely a biological signal, hunger becomes a voice that speaks of desire, absence, memory, creation, and fragility. In this project, hunger is understood both as a bodily sensation and an emotional and cultural condition. Visitors are invited to step into a space where hunger is no longer invisible or ignored - but translated into forms that can be seen, held, and emotionally encountered. By materializing the intangible feeling of hunger, the installation encourages reflection on our relationship with food, nature, and the finite resources that sustain life. It asks a simple yet profound question: What does it mean to feel hunger in a world where abundance and waste coexist? Through this lens, Tender Hunger becomes a quiet call for awareness, empathy, and responsibility. On April 22 and April 24, the installation comes alive through two nighttime performances, in collaboration with @car1o_ve11a and @martinha_itabrasil, performing artists from @laboratoriosilenzio, and @lella_enstasi, ethnomusicologist at @leavlab. (More details coming soon.) This project is realized with the support of @apicaia_associazione, @fishead_lab, @parco.center, and @_orbitlab_ as Institutional Partners, and @etimologia_magazine as Media Partner. - Tender Hunger is part of the exhibition THE NIGHT, organized by @asiadesignmilano, where night becomes the protagonist through the states of mind of designers and artists—from East and West—who are invited to explore its depth and complexity. The exhibition invites us to face the darkness in order to go beyond appearances, grasp the essence of things, endure, and shape the future. Between design and art, innovation and creativity, emotions emerge more powerfully than ever, revealing visions that would be invisible during the day. The exhibition is under the patronage of the @comune_milano, with @apicaia_associazione as Main Partner and @fuorisalone as Media Partner. 🎨Visual design by Elvira Zhao @zhaowant1ng #MilanDesignWeek #TenderHunger #FoodDesign #PerformingArt #DesignExhibition".