We are pleased to announce the participation of Alfredo Pirri in this year's Italian Pavillion at the 19th edition of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, from May 10 to November 23, 2025.
The Pavillion “TERRÆ AQUÆ. Italy and the Intelligence of the Sea,” curated by Guendalina Salimei will feature installations by Alfredo Pirri and Venice-based artist Marya Kazoun that highlight two diverse aspects of Italy’s modern multicultural landscape. Set within Salimei’s “open (acquatic) square” the site-specific works present evolutions of artworks presented at the exhibition Glasstress in 2024.
Alfredo Pirri's work expands on his spatial installation Paradisi (2024) that partially resumes his work Passi, which the artist has been creating since 2000, consisting of a floor of shattered mirrors. Superimposed on this modified space are a number of crystal half-spheres handmade in the furnace and variously treated. The image obtained from this superimposition of glass on mirror is half real, half illusory. The real half spheres of glass complement each other in their reflection on the ground, giving the sensation of a spatial buoyancy and temporal suspension that cancels the truth of the material and its environment. The result is a series of surreal bubbles of existence that ask us to question our own surroundings.
Meanwhile the Venice based Lebanese-Canadian artist Marya Kazoun presents an evolution of her work Long Winter (2024) which the artist has described as a “reflection on the fragility of human existence.” Delicate and haunting traces of residential and industrial buildings from different places and times form an abandoned frozen ghost town.
In addition this year Fondazione Berengo is present as a sponsor of the Italian Pavilion.
Alfredo Pirri and Maya Kazoun
TERRÆ AQUÆ. Italy and the Intelligence of the Sea
Italian Pavillion
curated by Guendalina Salimei
19th Venice Biennale Architecture,
Tese delle Vergini, Venice Arsenal
From May 10 to November 23, 2025
From May 10 to November 23, 2025
8 May 2025
