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Book Presentation Update: Alessandra Spranzi, La dimensione delle cose / The Dimension of Things


On February 7 at BookTalk, at Arte Fiera Bologna, and on March 5 at La Central, Madrid, the first monographic catalogue dedicated to Italian artist Alessandra Spranzi
(Milan, 1962) was presented.
Edited by Ilaria Gianni and published by Viaindustriae , the volume is supported by the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea of the Ministero della Cultura, as part of the Italian Council programme (13th edition, 2024).


Conceived as an in-depth reflection on over two decades of artistic practice, the catalogue explores Spranzi’s work across photography, collage, found images, drawing, and video, tracing its evolution from the earliest works to the present. Developed in close collaboration with the artist and graphic designer Filippo Nostri, the book unfolds through both chronological and thematic paths, featuring new contributions by Cecilia Canziani, Ilaria Gianni, Estelle Hoy, Quinn Latimer, and Simone Menegoi.
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Upcoming appointments:
•⁠ ⁠27 March, 18:00, Le BAL, Paris – in conversation with Simone Menegoi
•⁠ ⁠16 April, 17:00, Innsbruck Tiroler Landesmuseen - in conversation with Cecilia Canziani

On March 18th, Lola Giffard-Bouvier, in conversation with Giulia Gaibisso, discussed the artist’s vision behind ° giunone, a flipbook printed in an edition of 100 copies, commissioned by IUNO for it’s IUNO Commissions Program.

For Lola Giffard-Bouvier, the book is a true medium that allows the mark to evolve through transformation and enables the construction of a visual narrative. As the pages of the small book unfold, the multiple personalities of the goddess emerge, represented in the many forms she has embodied over time.

Thank you to Lola and Giulia and to everyone who stopped by!

Book Presentation Update: Sara Basta, Tesoro Carissimo

On February 6th at Alchemilla, Bologna and on March 17th, at Leporello, Rome IUNO presented Tesoro carissimo, the first monograph dedicated to the work and research of Sara Basta, published by Viaindustriae and edited by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni.

The publication retraces the artist’s career while examining some of the key themes that inform her practice: the collective dimension, expressed both through the workshop format and through the participatory creation of artworks; the notion of inhabiting, which also implies a political positioning; and the idea of care, which underlies the previous two and is also embodied within the publication itself.

The contributions by Cecilia Canziani, Ilaria Gianni, Ane Rodríguez Armendáriz, Costanza Meli, and Angelika Burtscher weave together the story of Sara Basta’s work starting precisely from a shared sense of friendship and the urgencies that connect them.

The project was realized with the support of the INPS PSMSAD Fund.

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IUNO Residency - Goda Palekaitė
IUNO is pleased to announce the residency of Goda Palekaitė, artist, writer, and researcher, and to host her new research project.
 
Supported by the Lithuanian Culture in Italy 2025–2026 program of the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Italian Republic, and in collaboration with the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo and the Akademie der Künste Berlin (ADK) within the framework of the Songs of Serpents residency program at Villa Serpentara in Olevano Romano, the artist’s research project draws inspiration from a historical period that resonates with the present: the 3rd–5th centuries AD.
 
Goda Palekaitė’s research looks at catacombs as both real and symbolic underground, and as metaphorical, necropolitical, ideological, and geological sites where the fundaments of the culture that has been shaping Europe until today, emerges.

Goda Palekaitė‘s research project is part of the Cultura Lituana in Italia 2025–2026 program.The Cultura Lituana in Italia 2025–2026 program is implemented by the Lithuanian Culture Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Italian Republic.



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Image Credits:
- Lunar Sisterhood (1 and 2): Goda Palekaitė, performance Lunar Sisterhood, National Gallery of Arts, Vilnius, 2025.
- Liminal Minds: Goda Palekaitė, installation Liminal Minds, various exhibitions. Photo Laurynas Skeisgiela, 2018.
- Anthropomorphic Trouble: Goda Palekaitė, in collaboration with Adrijana Gvozdenovic, performance and installation Anthropomorphic Trouble, Whitechapel Gallery, London. Photo Katarzyna Perlak, 2019.
- Monotheistic Light: Goda Palekaitė, Monotheistic Light, glass and light sculpture in the solo show Serpentine Spine at Västerås Art Museum, 2023.

IUNO Residency è il programma di residenze di IUNO dedicato alla scrittura d’arte. La residenza si basa su un principio di affinità o di curiosità verso chi lavora con la parola.

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IUNO Residency is a program dedicated to art writing. The residency is based on a principle of affinity or curiosity towards artists who reflect or use words as means through which to express their research.



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IUNO Residency - Goda Palekaitė

Goda Palekaitė is a Brussel-based Lithuanian artist, writer and researcher working in the intersection of contemporary art, performance, artistic research, literature, and anthropology. Her practice evolves around projects and programmes exploring the politics of historical narratives, the agency of dreams and fiction, and the alternative discourses of knowledge. Goda’s solo shows were opened at Beursschouwburg and Centre Tour à Plomb in Brussels, Västerås Art Museum, Kunsthal Gent, Editorial in Vilnius, and Konstepidemin in Gothenburg. In the last years, her performances and installations have been presented at Whitechapel Gallery in London, BOZAR and Kanal–Centre Pompidou in Brussels, National Gallery of Arts and Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, West in The Hague, Tranzit Bratislava, Swamp pavilion in the Biennale Architettura Venice, among others. She is an author of three books as well as various essays and experimental texts. Goda defended her doctoral thesis in 2025 at Hasselt University.

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A conclusione della residenza presso IUNO e del percorso laboratoriale dedicato alla costruzione di IMPERCETTIBILE, Wissal Houbabi – poeta, performer e scrittrice – reinterpreta la figura di Giunone in occasione del solstizio d’inverno.
Nell’ambito di IUNO Commission l'artista presenta una nuova versione della performance “Sorry not Sorry”, nata dalla collaborazione con Granata Project e con l’artista e designer Rossana La Verde, e ospitata lo scorso 18 dicembre al MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, all’interno di UNAROMA LIVE, programma di eventi che accompagna ed espande UNAROMA, progetto espositivo volto a restituire un'immagine complessa, stratificata, di Roma e della sua scena artistica.

“Sorry not Sorry” è una performance corale che celebra il corpo femminile come territorio di conoscenza, contraddizione e libertà e che, come Giunone, ne abita la dualità. Lavoro performativo che nel tempo ha assunto diverse articolazioni, questo nuovo capitolo dell’azione assume le forme di una sfilata di moda: una modalità codificata di esposizione corporea qui messa in discussione e sovvertita.
Attraverso il coinvolgimento di soggettività non standardizzate, lontane da quelle solitamente associate al contesto dell’haute couture, “Sorry not Sorry” trasforma un rituale elitario in una festa, se non in un gioco.

In questo processo, i costumi di Rossana La Verde ricoprono un ruolo fondamentale: le loro forme entrano in relazione diretta con i corpi, ne osservano i movimenti, li seguono e li accolgono, trasformandoli in un’unica grande figura generata proprio dai gesti che si sviluppano nello spazio.

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IUNO COMMISSION è un invito a un’artista di base o di passaggio a Roma a realizzare un’opera che dia un’immagine a Iuno, a partire da una riflessione sulla figura insieme ctonia e celeste di Giunone. L’opera diventa la copertina del sito web nel tempo che passa tra solstizio ed equinozio, e a volte si espande nella sede di IUNO in forma di installazione o performance.

IUNO COMMISSION is an invitation to an artist, permanently or temporarily based in Rome, to develop a work for IUNO, stemming from a reflection on the chthonic and celestial figure of Juno. In the time between solstice and equinox, the work is published on our homepage, occasionally expanding in the form of an installation or a performance in our space.

As her residency at IUNO and the workshop dedicated to the development of IMPERCETTIBILE, comes to a close, Wissal Houbabi — poet, performer, and writer — reinterprets the figure of Juno on the occasion of the winter solstice.

As part of IUNO Commissions, the artist presents a new version of the performance “Sorry not Sorry”, conceived in collaboration with Granata Project and artist and designer Rossana La Verde, and hosted on December 18th at MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma, in the frame of UNAROMA LIVE, the public program which accompanies and expands the exhibition UNAROMA, a complex and layered portrait of Rome and its artistic scene.
 
“Sorry not Sorry” is a collective work that celebrates the female body as a territory of knowledge, contradiction, and freedom — a body that, like Juno, inhabits duality. Having evolved through various iterations, the new chapter of the performance unfolds as a fashion show: a codified mode of bodily display, here questioned and subverted. By involving non-standardised subjectivities, far from those typically associated with the world of haute couture, “Sorry not Sorry” transforms an elitist ritual into a celebration, if not a game.
  In this process, Rossana La Verde’s costumes play a fundamental role: their shapes enter into direct dialogue with the bodies, responding to each movement, following and embracing it, ultimately merging into a single expansive figure shaped by the gestures unfolding in space.

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IUNO Residency - Wissal Houbabi

IUNO è lieta di annunciare la residenza di Wissal Houbabi, poeta, performer e scrittrice e di ospitare IMPERCETTIBILE, un progetto laboratoriale che si svolgerà tra ottobre e dicembre 2025 nelle città di Padova e Roma e che culminerà in un’azione collettiva presso il presso il Museo delle Civiltà nel mese di aprile 2026.

IMPERCETTIBILE è un’esplorazione sperimentale alla pratica poetica guidata da Wissal Houbabi, insieme al regista teatrale Marco Corsucci Nel corso dei sette incontri previsti, i partecipanti saranno guidati a comprendere il senso profonda della parola e a cercare di riattivare i ricordi sonori custoditi dalla nostra memoria. Al centro del progetto sono le pratiche artistiche e politiche sviluppate principalmente dall’artista, la quale, in relazione alla sua esperienza diasporica, pone al centro della sua ricerca la connessione con il proprio corpo in qualsiasi luogo e tempo.

IUNO is pleased to announce the residency of Wissal Houbabi, poet, performer, and writer, and to host IMPERCETTIBILE, a workshop project taking place between October and December 2025 in the cities of Padua and Rome, culminating in a collective action at the Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) in April 2026.
IMPERCETTIBILE is an experimental exploration of poetic practice led by Wissal Houbabi, together with theatre director Marco Corsucci. Over the course of seven scheduled sessions the participants will be guided in understanding the profound meaning of words and in attempting to reactivate the sound memories preserved within our collective memory.
At the heart of the project lie the artistic and political practices primarily developed by the artist herself, who—drawing from her diasporic experience—places at the center of her research the connection with one’s own body, in any place and time.

IMPERCETTIBILE is a collaboration between MUCIV – Museum of Civilizations in Rome, the Department of Political, Legal, and International Studies at the University of Padua, Radio Sherwood, and IUNO.

IUNO Residency è il programma di residenze di IUNO dedicato alla scrittura d’arte. La residenza si basa su un principio di affinità o di curiosità verso chi lavora con la parola.

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IUNO Residency is a program dedicated to art writing. The residency is based on a principle of affinity or curiosity towards artists who reflect or use words as means through which to express their research.