Online presentation of the first paper publication of
Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters’ programme, published by Silvana Editoriale:
Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters. A Catalogue, A Method
Saturday 7th October
With: Andrea Viliani, Stella Bottai, Caterina Avataneo
On the occasion of the Nineteenth Edition of Giornata del Contemporaneo, promoted by AMACI
Saturday 7th October, on the occasion of the Nineteenth Edition of Giornata del Contemporaneo, promoted by AMACI, the presentation of the first paper publication of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters – the first long-term, contemporary art programme established by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii – is published online on pompeiicommitment.org. With the participation of: Andrea Viliani (Director of the Museum of Civilizations, Rome and co-curator of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters), Stella Bottai (Curator-at-Large at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado and co-curator of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters), Caterina Avataneo (Curator of the Fellowship Programme at Cripta747, Turin and co-curator of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters as well as editorial coordinator of the publication).
Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters. A Catalogue, A Method, published by Silvana Editoriale, 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. The catalogue is conceived as both the culmination of and a further reflection upon Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters’ foundational activities (December 2020–June 2022) on the digital research centre pompeiicommitment.org. The publication brings together and celebrates the contributions of over sixty international artists, curators, writers, activists, and archaeologists: Abbas Akhavan, Carlo and Flavia Alfano, Maria Thereza Alves, Negar Azimi, Anna Boghiguian, Andrea Branzi, Diana Campbell Betancourt, Canis_in_Somno, Cairo Clarke, Cooking Sections, Chiara Costa, Agnes Denes, Jimmie Durham, Emma Enderby, Haris Epaminonda, Brandon English, Eva Fabbris, Milovan Farronato, Simone Fattal, Lara Favaretto, Claire Fontaine, Simone Forti, Beatrice Gibson, Liam Gillick, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Nick Gordon, Oulimata Gueye, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Petrit Halilaj, Lionel Hubert, Invernomuto, Prem Krishnamurthy Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Luisa Lambri, Lina Lapelyte, Rebecca Lewin, Luca Lo Pinto, Matteo Lucchetti, Goshka Macuga, Elena Magini, Anna Maria Maiolino, Elena Mazzi, Marzia Migliora, Boris Mikhailov, Otobong Nkanga, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Charlemagne Palestine, Giulio Paolini, Gianni Pettena, Lucia Pietroiusti, Michael Rakowitz, Lucy Raven, Tabita Rezaire, Mathilde Rosier, Tai Shani, Amie Siegel, Paul Sietsema, Giovanna Silva, Himali Singh Soin&David Soin Tappeser, Sarah Swenson, Adrian Villar Rojas, Salvatore Settis, Marianna Vecellio, Lawrence Weiner and Kandis Williams/Cassandra Press. Invited to think with and through Pompeii as a potential site for research on contemporary subjects, these participants have created and shared reflections, proposals and responses that span different media and formats – such as poetry, interviews, film, drawing, photography, sound, collages and more. The publication also features introductory and critical texts by Massimo Osanna (General Director Museums at Italian Ministry of Culture; co-creator of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters), Gabriel Zuchtriegel (General Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii), Andrea Viliani (Director of the Museum of Civilizations, Rome and co-creator of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters) and Stella Bottai (co-curator of the programme with Andrea Viliani, Laura Mariano and Caterina Avataneo).
The presentation is in Italian
Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters. A Catalogue, A Method
edited by Stella Bottai, Laura Mariano, Andrea Viliani
published by Silvana Editoriale, April 2023
21 x 28 cm
185 pages
80 illustrations