The exhibition 'Botanica di un altro regno' by Chicapui, hosted within the spaces of the Castello di Moncalieri, transformed paper into a true artistic language.

An immersive and visionary project, where flowers and installations made of crepe paper gave life to an imaginary vegetal universe, suspended between nature, memory, and metamorphosis.

Chicapui — the creative duo formed by Ada and Francesca — have been working with paper flowers for years, exploring their expressive potential through site-specific installations and works that engage in dialogue with space. In this exhibition, paper is not a support, but a living material: folded, shaped, layered, and able to inhabit the historic rooms of the Castle with a presence that is both delicate and subtly unsettling.

A botany born from paper

The title 'Botanica di un altro regno' (Botany of another realm) clearly reflects the artists’ vision: a form of botany that does not imitate the natural world, but reimagines it.

Chicapui’s flowers do not belong to known species; they seem to emerge from an alternative dimension, where biology, dream, and artifice coexist.

Within this context, Cartotecnica Rossi crepe paper becomes a fundamental element of the creative process. Its elasticity, the depth of its colors, and its ability to transform through folding allow the works to gain volume, rhythm, and stage presence, without losing lightness.

We are proud that Chicapui chose our paper to shape this project — a sign of trust that deeply resonates with our own way of understanding paper as a tool for expression, research, and storytelling.

A dialogue with space and memory

The installations settle into the Castle’s interiors without ever imposing themselves. They grow on historic tables, extend beyond the boundaries of frames, hang suspended, or emerge from the shadows, creating a continuous dialogue between past and present, between architecture and imagination.

Paper does not conceal its artificial nature; on the contrary, it celebrates it.
In works such as Fenomeno non classificato, Pieghe ascendenti, Oltre la cornice, and Satura, blooming becomes a symbolic gesture — a reflection on memory, transformation, and the possibility of renewal.

Being part of a creative journey

For Cartotecnica Rossi, being part — even in a quiet yet tangible way — of the creative journey of artists like Chicapui means supporting a vision of paper that goes beyond the object itself.

A paper that becomes an artistic language, capable of inhabiting spaces, telling stories, and building imaginary worlds.

(Photo credit: Chicapui)