VILLA LONTANA

Villa Lontana is an independent project space focusing on ancient and contemporary practices in both visual arts and sound. The project initiated in 2018 from the archaeological collection of the Santarelli Foundation, developing a layered archaeology which encompasses exhibitions, publications, screenings, artist editions and sound projects through the label Villa Lontana Records.Villa Lontana's programming takes place between a brutalist garage and the Italian garden of an 18th-century villa at Ponte Milvio, as well as regular collaborations with Italian and international institutions. Founded in 2018 by Vittoria Bonifati in collaboration with Jo Melvin.

Villa Lontana Records focuses on archival and unreleased material from the avant-garde electronic scene and contemporary sound-art. The label is run by Vittoria Bonifati and Michele Ferrari.

Artists: Larry Achiampong, Bas Jan Ader, Tauba Auerbach, Atelier E.B, John Baldessari, Elisabetta Benassi, Tomaso Binga, Marcel Broodthaers, Sylvano Bussotti, Suzanne Ciani, Alessandro Cicoria, Adelaide Cioni, Gino De Dominicis, Donato Dozzy, Isabella Ducrot, Michele Ferrari, Barry Flanagan, Cyprien Gaillard, Giuseppe Garrera, Jeff Gibbons, Adam Green, Susan Hiller, Thomas Hutton, David Kakabadze, Clementine Keith-Roach, Ketty La Rocca, John Latham, Louise Lawler, Walter Maioli, Emiliano Maggi, Lucy McKenzie, Mario Merz, Anne Minich, Jonathan Monk, Charlotte Moth, Rosalind Nashashibi, Maria Nordman, Francis Offman, Olu Ogunnaike, Michael O’Mahony, Neel, Luigi Ontani, Giorgio Orbi, Christopher Page, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cesare Pietroiusti, Gianni Politi, Verde Prato, Robert Rauschenberg, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Ad Reinhardt, Lisa Rovner, Andrés Saenz de Sicilia, Prem Sahib, Hugo Sanchez, Delfina Scarpa, Mario Schifano, Edoardo Servadio, Sudarshan Shetty, Raja Ram Sharma, Lucy Skaer, Daniel R. Small, Jeffrey Stuker, Vivian Suter, Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles, Vittoria Totale, Franco Troiani, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Emiddio Vasquez.

VILLA LONTANA
Via Cassia 53 – 00191, Roma
villalontana.roma@gmail.com

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Photos:
Installation views: Simon d'Exéa
Publications: Francesco Demichelis

Design:
Giandomenico Carpentieri

Curatorial Assistant 2024: Alice Albanese Ginammi
Gallery Assistant 2022: Tilde Snyder
Gallery Assistant 2021: Michela Lucalzi
Head Technician: Simeon H. Ramos
Translations: Tijana Mamula
Technical Collaborators: Daniel Constantin, Fabio Giorgi Alberti, Handle - Art & Design, Itaca’s, Luci Ombre, Matteo Pompili

With the support of:
Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli

Villa Lontana is an independent project space focusing on ancient and contemporary practices in both visual arts and sound. The project initiated in 2018 from the archaeological collection of the Santarelli Foundation, developing a layered archaeology which encompasses exhibitions, publications, screenings, artist editions and sound projects through the label Villa Lontana Records.
Villa Lontana's programming takes place between a brutalist garage and the Italian garden of an 18th-century villa at Ponte Milvio, as well as regular collaborations with Italian and international institutions. Founded in 2018 by Vittoria Bonifati in collaboration with Jo Melvin.

Villa Lontana Records focuses on archival and unreleased material from the avant-garde electronic scene and contemporary sound-art. The label is run by Vittoria Bonifati and Michele Ferrari.

With the support of:
Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli