Inventario 18 opens with a cover dedicated to the hot air balloon, a device from another era revisited by contemporary artists and introduced by Stefano Salis. Marta Elisa Cecchi tells the story of Doris Salcedo’s “Abyss,” a space full of memory and tension. In “Absolutes,” Damiano Gullì presents Gabriel Orozco’s “La DS,” a paradox on wheels of modernity. In “Denied Faces,” Stefania di Maria gathers works where hidden or disfigured faces become altered identities. Marco Manini, in “Myths of Today,” traces Andrea Pazienza’s revolution in comics. Mario Piazza, in “Personal Inventory,” dedicates a portrait to graphic designer Mauro Bubbico and his radical approach to design. In “Ideas,” Donata Paruccini signs “The Fly,” a manifesto project between function and imagination. Roberta Valtorta, in “Other Gazes,” explores the photographic universe of Vittore Fossati. Manolo De Giorgi, in “Hues,” analyzes the shades between sky blue, azure, and turquoise. In “Utopias,” Eleonora Todde explores the work of geo-astrologer artist Aischa Gianna Müller, while Anu Tuominen’s “Normal Wonders” gathers anonymous objects with poetic value. The issue closes with Francesco Faccin’s story of the daring hot air balloon escape of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families from East Germany.

As always, Foscarini accompanies the opening and closing of the issue. This time, the protagonist is the artistic interpretation by Giulia Pirri, who explores the link between light and the cosmos: ideal settings to welcome the Supernova and Big Bang lamps.