On the occasion of the 60th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia from April 17 to June 30 Parco Archeologico di Pompei and Palazzo Grimani present the exclusive international museum preview of Wael Shawky exhibition I Am Hymns of the New Temples- أنا تراتیل المعابد الجدیدة
Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters announces the 2024 programme, which includes new productions for the Collectio and the second cycle of the Digital Fellowship programme
Online presentation
Saturday 7th October, on the occasion of the Nineteenth Edition of Giornata del Contemporaneo, promoted by AMACI
With: Andrea Viliani, Stella Bottai, Caterina Avataneo
Presentation of the first paper publication of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters’ programme: “Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters. A Catalogue, A Method”. Published by Silvana Editoriale, the publication gathers the documentation of more than forty artistic contributions, originally presented on the online portal pompeiicommitment.org, accompanied by additional research tools and critical texts.
Anri Sala. Body Double
Madre, Contemporary Art Museum of the Campania Region
Wednesday 13th September, 6pm
Free entry subject to availability
Presentation of the vinyl by the artist Anri Sala entitled Body Double, realised in the context Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters, curated by Marcella Beccaria and Andrea Viliani, and produced thanks to the kind support of Gianfranco D’Amato.
Small Theatre “Odeion” – Archaological Park of Pompeii
Invite only preview on Friday 12th May, 7.30pm
Public preview screenings on Saturday 13th May and Sunday 14th May 2023, 9pm
The project is the winner of the public notice for PAC2020 – Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea 2020, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The work has been commissioned by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in the context of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters.
NIKITA KADAN with GIULIA COLLETTI
7th October, 7pm — Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Palestra Grande
Introduces Giulia Colletti, with words by Andrea Viliani
A selection of filmic works and moving images by contemporary artists from Ukraine, conceived by Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino and presented in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, as part of Pompeii Commitment.
Broadcast 1–28 February 2022, every day at 20:22 across the CIRCA network of screens in seven major cities: London (Piccadilly Circus), Los Angeles, (Pendry West Hollywood), Melbourne (Fed Square), Milano (Piazzale Cadorna), New York (Times Square), Seoul (Coex k-pop Square), Tokyo (Yunika Vision)
CIRCA and Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters present A Monument A Ruin by Cassandra Press, a publishing platform founded in 2016 by critically acclaimed artist Kandis Williams. The new work – a short video-lecture in which ancient street inscriptions collide with contemporary protest graffiti to question the nature of monuments – will appear every evening at 20:22 on London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights and broadcast across a network of screens in Los Angeles, Milan, Melbourne, New York, Seoul and Tokyo.
Theater-Atrium of the Castello di Rivoli
Saturday 11 December 2021, 5pm
Saturday 11 December 2021, 5pm, the artist Michael Rakowitz (Long Island-New York, 1973) will perform a lecture entitled Seder for Pompeii at the Teatro del Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, curated by Marianna Vecellio, curator of the Castello di Rivoli, who will introduce the event with Andrea Viliani, co-curator of the program Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters.
Casa del Triclinio all’aperto
Archeological Area of Pompeii, 15 October – 30 November 2021
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii is pleased to announce the presentation of the solo exhibition Metropoli Latina by Andrea Branzi, one of the most important figures in Italian design and architecture from the 1960s to today. The exhibition – based on a project conceived by Studio Andrea Branzi and produced with the support of Friedman Benda Gallery, New York – is presented as part of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters, in collaboration with the Festival del Paesaggio, and is curated by Gianluca Riccio and Arianna Rosica with Studio Andrea Branzi.
Casa degli Amorini Dorati and Via Marina/Foro
Archaeological Area of Pompeii, 1 October – 3 November 2021
The international preview of Black Med, POMPEII (2021) by Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi and Simone Trabucchi) – an experimental work consisting of an algorithm, a server, speakers, sensors, light, temperature and the salinity of seawater – launches 1 October 2021. The project, which enters the collection (Collectio) of Pompeii Archaeological Park, was presented and donated by the Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples and was supported by the Italian Council 2019, programme to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
Curated by Alberto Salvadori with Andrea Viliani, Stella Bottai, Laura Mariano
Fondazione ICA Milano, 8 September 2021 – 9 January 2022
Fondazione ICA Milano in collaboration with Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters presents the exhibition A breeze over the Mediterranean, first solo show in Italy dedicated to Simone Fattal (Damascus, 1942). One of the most important contemporary artists, Simone Fattal was born in Syria and grew up in Lebanon. She left the country in 1980 with the outbreak of the civil war and she settled first in the United States and later in France, where she currently lives and works. For information, access and opening hours: www.icamilano.it/en
In Autumn 2021, artist Gianni Pettena and curator Luca Cerizza will present live on Zoom the new monograph Gianni Pettena: 1966-2021 (Mousse Publishing, Milan) dedicated to the Italian an-architect’s more than fifty years of practice. The book is co-produced by Pompeii Archaeological Park and MAXXI – National Museum of Twentieth Century Art in Rome, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato and Kunst Meran/Merano Arte. To coincide with the event, a draft of Gianni Pettena’s work Presenza // Assenza (2020), donated to Pompeii Archaeological Park, will be presented. (Image: © Mousse Publishing)