Relaxing Cure: Toogood soothes weary visitors

Toogood embraces contrasts and this was evident at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in her washed out white fantasy called La Cura, sponsored by Nivea.

The installation consisted of a 20-minute performance in which participants were treated to what Toogood described as a Hospital for the Senses. Visitors were given a white ball of clay to mould and treated to an aural soundscape.

All elements were created to echo the ‘nourishment, care and cleansing’ qualities of Nivea to restore the audience, most of whom, according to Toogood, ‘are not used to relaxing, not used to stopping, thinking and being creative’.

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