Louis Morlæ …Pop.!Crash/(LOON)

On the occasion of Artissima 2026, the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation presents …Pop! Crash/(LOON), solo exhibition by Louis Morlæ, winner of the 26th edition of the’illy Present Future 2025 Prize (organised by illycaffè and Artissima). The exhibition marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Italy.

Morlæ weaves sculpture, industrial design, music and video to explore the relationship between the present and the future, using a science fiction imagery built using existing technologies. His sculptures, designed using CAD software and 3D printing, take the form of humanoids, self-driving vehicles and bizarre security devices.

This original installation, conceived for the Foundation, draws its inspiration from the spaces of the car crash tests. Taking centre stage in the space is a new work from the series SFB (Sidefall Bag): inflatable sculptures made from airbag fabric, conceived by the artist as “malfunctioning safety devices”.

The video completes the installation …Pop! Crash/(LOON), generated via artificial intelligence, in which a avatar The artist’s work is set against a dystopian backdrop. Using the Large Language Models (LLM) By crafting nonsensical or pseudo-religious phrases, Morlæ offers a paradoxical reflection on how AI works and on our relationship with technology. The atmosphere constantly shifts between irony and catastrophe, turning the airbag into a symbol of the hope that the course might be altered before the impact.