Fine Art and Echo Labs at the XV Florence Biennale: when logistics generates culture
FERCAM renewed its presence at the Florence Biennale, confirming its role as sponsor of the 2025 edition and contributing concretely to the realisation of one of the year’s most significant cultural events.
For the second consecutive year, the company played a central role in the set-up of a major solo exhibition, managing the logistics and handling of artworks with the precision and sensitivity required in the art world.
Tim Burton at the heart of the 2025 edition
At the centre of the event was Tim Burton: Light & Darkness, an immersive exhibition that reveals the creative vision of the renowned director through original sketchbooks, drawings, installations and scenographic elements. The FERCAM Fine Art team handled the transport and technical installation of a wide variety of works, textiles, drawings, props and mixed materials, adopting tailored solutions to ensure safety, stability and proper conservation at every stage of the process.
As explained by Chiara Prisco, Business Unit Manager of FERCAM Fine Art, Burton visited the exhibition in the days leading up to the opening, expressing appreciation for both the curatorial approach and the quality of the installation. This recognition was particularly rewarding for the entire team involved. The collaboration follows the positive experience of the previous edition, when FERCAM managed the set-up of the exhibition dedicated to Santiago Calatrava, further strengthening a partnership that continues to evolve.
Echo Labs brings the power of reuse to the Biennale
Alongside the exhibition activities, the Florence Biennale also provided an important forum on sustainability within the cultural sector. During the talk “Art & Logistics: behind the scenes of a cultural and research supply chain”, Echo Labs, the social enterprise founded by FERCAM, shared how crates, packing materials and transitional objects can be transformed into new forms of value.
Claudia Coscarella, project manager at Echo Labs, presented the work of the social carpentry workshop, where recovered wood from the logistics supply chain is reimagined into furniture for museums, schools and public spaces, offering training and integration opportunities for refugees and people in vulnerable situations. Together with President Dino Menichetti, eco-designer Luigi Cuppone (Laboratorio Linfa) and artist Valentina Sciarra, the panel delivered a clear message: when different skills and visions come together, logistics becomes culture, and culture becomes movement.
A collaboration that builds the future
The XV Florence Biennale concludes with a highly positive outcome, reaffirming the essential role that logistics plays in the art world and in cultural production. For FERCAM and Echo Labs, it marked another chapter of collaboration, innovation and responsibility, highlighting how the value of logistics extends far beyond the movement of artworks, supporting the circulation of ideas and fostering creativity.
Tim Burton at the heart of the 2025 edition
At the centre of the event was Tim Burton: Light & Darkness, an immersive exhibition that reveals the creative vision of the renowned director through original sketchbooks, drawings, installations and scenographic elements. The FERCAM Fine Art team handled the transport and technical installation of a wide variety of works, textiles, drawings, props and mixed materials, adopting tailored solutions to ensure safety, stability and proper conservation at every stage of the process.
As explained by Chiara Prisco, Business Unit Manager of FERCAM Fine Art, Burton visited the exhibition in the days leading up to the opening, expressing appreciation for both the curatorial approach and the quality of the installation. This recognition was particularly rewarding for the entire team involved. The collaboration follows the positive experience of the previous edition, when FERCAM managed the set-up of the exhibition dedicated to Santiago Calatrava, further strengthening a partnership that continues to evolve.
Echo Labs brings the power of reuse to the Biennale
Alongside the exhibition activities, the Florence Biennale also provided an important forum on sustainability within the cultural sector. During the talk “Art & Logistics: behind the scenes of a cultural and research supply chain”, Echo Labs, the social enterprise founded by FERCAM, shared how crates, packing materials and transitional objects can be transformed into new forms of value.
Claudia Coscarella, project manager at Echo Labs, presented the work of the social carpentry workshop, where recovered wood from the logistics supply chain is reimagined into furniture for museums, schools and public spaces, offering training and integration opportunities for refugees and people in vulnerable situations. Together with President Dino Menichetti, eco-designer Luigi Cuppone (Laboratorio Linfa) and artist Valentina Sciarra, the panel delivered a clear message: when different skills and visions come together, logistics becomes culture, and culture becomes movement.
A collaboration that builds the future
The XV Florence Biennale concludes with a highly positive outcome, reaffirming the essential role that logistics plays in the art world and in cultural production. For FERCAM and Echo Labs, it marked another chapter of collaboration, innovation and responsibility, highlighting how the value of logistics extends far beyond the movement of artworks, supporting the circulation of ideas and fostering creativity.
