Castro projects

Some images from our last CRIT at Palazzo Nardini!

CRIT #55
with Ileana Alesi and Alejandra Varela Perera
Facilitated by Fabiola Fiocco

Many thanks to everyone who joined us, and to WoW Foundation / Palazzo Nardini for hosting and welcoming us!

Please join us at Palazzo Nardini for the next CRIT on Tuesday 26 May. All welcome!

CRIT #55
Artists presenting:
Ileana Alesi
Alejandra Varela Perera

Facilitated by Fabiola Fiocco.
The event will take place at WoW - The World Of Wom:en Foundation Rome ETS, Palazzo Nardini (Via del Governo Vecchio, 38, Rome)

Please join us at Palazzo Nardini for the next CRIT on Tuesday 26 May. All welcome!

CRIT #55
Artists presenting:
Ileana Alesi
Alejandra Varela Perera

Facilitated by Fabiola Fiocco.
The event will take place at WoW - The World Of Wom:en Foundation Rome ETS
Palazzo Nardini (Via del Governo Vecchio, 38, Rome)

Unisciti a noi il 20 maggio e aiutaci a realizzare PEER!

Abbiamo unito le forze con ROARK per una serata di festa e di fundraising a sostegno del crowdfunding di PEER, un nuovo programma educativo per artistə emergenti a Roma.

20 maggio, 18:00 – 22:00

Una serata di:
- Open studios
- Art sale
- Musica
- Drinks

Save the date - more info soon!

PEER è un programma educativo sperimentale e gratuito rivolto a 10 artistə che vivono e lavorano a Roma. Il progetto prenderà vita nel 2027 e può esistere solo grazie al supporto della comunità! Link in bio.

ROARK produce e vende edizioni limitate e oggetti commissionati ad artisti e designer, inclusi lavori di CASTRO fellows ed ex fellows.

Some images from the workshop “Wild Facts” with DOM- (Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna), part of CASTRO Studio Program #09.

Thank you Leonardo and Valerio for having accompanied us over these two days of work together, opening up such a generous space for exchange.

Starting from their long-term research on the relationship between body and territory, DOM- guided participants through somatic exercises, collective reflections, and the sharing of audiovisual materials and notes drawn from their ongoing work, alongside a walk through the outskirts of Rome. The workshop moved across themes such as nomadism and dwelling, landscape and performance, and the porous boundaries between bodies and environments, inviting participants to explore different ways of being present and perceiving.

The workshop took place on 28–29 April 2026.

DOM- (Leonardo Delogu and Valerio Sirna) are among the visiting tutors of the Studio Program #09!

On 28-29 April, DOM- will lead a workshop for CASTRO's Studio Program participants. Titled "Wild Facts", the workshop brings together different research threads developed by the DOMcollective, focusing on the relationship between body and territory, the real and its representation, nomadism and dwelling, while questioning the notions of "landscape performance". The workshop will start with studio-based work, sharing a series of somatic practices connected to the exercise of presence—of being, perceiving, and the emergence of movement. Audiovisual materials, excerpts from notes, and open questions will also be introduced, revolving around some of the company's key works (The Man Who Walks, Porpora Who Walks, The City That Walks), which reflect a long-term research process and an ongoing engagement with the real.

DOM- is a research project that investigates the language of performing arts, contaminating it with the Environmental Humanities' militant approach and the issues and imaginaries of feminist and q***r ecologies. Its practice revolves around the relation between bodies and landscapes, questioning the tangle of permeability, and observing how power, nature and marginality interact in the public space. DOM- builds performances, workshops, walks, gardens, audio-visual projects, dj-sets and parties. Their work has been presented in several national and international festivals, and they have been awarded the Premio Rete Critica as the best artistic project (2019). In the same year the collective became part of Oceano Indiano, the Teatro India – Teatro di Roma's production and artistic residence program.

Some images from our last CRIT at Fondazione Baruchello!

CRIT #54
with Fadl Fakhouri and Paul Hutzli
facilitated by Fabiola Fiocco

Many thanks to everyone who joined us, and to Fondazione Baruchello for hosting and welcoming us!

Giulia Crispiani is one of the visiting tutors for the Studio Program #09.

As part of the program, she met the participants in their studios for individual one-hour sessions, offering in-depth discussions of their work and providing both theoretical and practical feedback.

Giulia Crispiani (Ancona, 1986) is an editor and translator, writer and visual artist who lives and works in Rome. She collaborates with Nero Editions, bruno, Dutch Art Institute and teaches at NABA Roma. Her work has been presented at numerous institutions and non-profit spaces including: Istituto Svizzero, Rome; Bulegoa, Bilbao; MAXXI Rome and MAXXI L'Aquila; Roma Europa Festival; Center for Book Arts, New York; Almanac Inn, Turin; Centrale Fies, Dro; Short Theatre, Rome; MACRO, Rome; Quadriennale di Roma 2020; Il Colorificio, Milan; FramerFramed, Amsterdam. She is the author of the books Incontri in luoghi straordinari / Meetings at remarkable places (Nero Editions 2020), What if Every Farewell Would Be Followed by a Love Letter (Union Editions 2020), What if I can't say goodbye (Union Editions 2021), Petra (Rerun books 2018), and co-author of غم/Tristezza/Sorrow (with Golrokh Nafisi, Oreri 2021) and Albe e Tramonti di Praiano* (with Michele Bertolino, Oreri 2022).

Img: Giulia Crispiani, Paludofobia, 2025. Post Disaster Rooftops EP05, La Palude Siderale, 11 aprile 2025. Photo Cosimo Calabrese. Courtesy Post Disaster Rooftops.