Made in Italy Architecture
Rizzordi Art Foundation, St. Petersburg, 2013
Curator: Luca Zevi
with: Rosario Pavia
Art Direction: , Monica Maggioni, Dario Curatolo
Organization: Francesco Orofino, Beatrice Fumarola
Promoter: Istituto Italiano per la Cultura, San Pietroburgo
Rizzordi Art Foundation: Anna Shumilova, Marina Orlova
Photos: Konstantin Kotov
Surface: 1.910sm
“Le Architetture del Made in Italy” is an updated and synthetic version of part of the contents of the Italian Pavilion, curated by Luca Zevi and presented during the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. The new hosting space, the Rizzordi Art Foundation is located on the top floor of a former industrial building. The space is not finished and brutal. Its layout is defined by the presence of a system of point- like pillars that recall Archizoom’s “No-stop city”.
The exhibition was set on this grid, creating a sequence of large- sized videos carefully positioned, in order to shape a surprising visual path, which winds through perspectives, nestled between the bays created by the existing structures.
The layout was designed so that, from some strategic points, it was possible to simultaneously observe all the videos present in the exhibition.