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The eye is caught by an ideal Milano projected into the sky, while the feet keep on standing on a real Milano. This is dichotomy between real and the dream state presented by 'Dreams of a possible city', the light installation by Massimo Uberti that will be on display until the 16th of October in the cloister of the Palazzo delle Stelline, the Magnolia cloister.

The work has a 88.5-foot diameter and is 46-foot high. It has been realized with neon lights hung in the sky, as to form a continuum with the stars. The inspiration came from the floor plant of the Sforzinda conceived by Antonio Averlino, named Filarete, around 1465. The white neon lights that illuminate the sky of the Magnolia cloister are the bright symbol of our cities' vitality, both nocturnal and modern, which will seize the visitors who enter the courtyard.

Filarete's ancient design, which depicted Milano as two arms coming out from the Castello Sforzesco, becomes a newest luminous sculpture: "In this way, we'd like to represent a new constellation to be looked at in the present and in the future of our city - said Camillo Fornasieri, president of the Stelline Foundation "This city is waiting for changes and it's preparing new areas of urban complexity".

Alongside this project, the students of Milano's middle schools will realize pieces of writings on the issue of the dream city which will be displayed in a 'Wall of Dreams' set up in the Magnolia cloister.