STATEMENT
IUNO is an independent curatorial project offering a situated view of the world and its diverse geographies and urgencies.
We think that art helps to look at things in a less linear, however deep (and sometimes more effective) way, and builds bridges between people, places and languages even when they seem very distant. Art, we firmly believe, represents a radical form of education, one that can do without authority and based on horizontal exchange.
IUNO fosters projects that fill gaps of imagination and of communication, triggering processes that reassess the relationship between artworks and publics, authorship and fruition, such as: walks and itineraries to consider in a critical and participatory way the urban and wild/untamed landscape (which in Rome coexist), history (which must be deconstructed), cartography (that can shed a light on inequalities, excellences, repressed narratives); workshops (for schools, teachers, professionals); and research projects (that can generate larger projects or become books, podcasts, interviews, films).
IUNO believes that knowledge stems from exchange, dialogue, and the sharing of space and time: therefore every year we invite a group of people from different backgrounds to think and work around a word with us.
IUNO is a generative and vital, chthonic and celestial goddess who has a special relationship with our hometown. Her name does not change pronunciation in the main European languages. Latin as an international language: we love this paradox.