Antoni Muntadas Explores Venice's Urban Palimpsest in Rome Exhibition

The Real Academia de España en Roma presents 'Protocolli e Derive Veneziani', a solo exhibition by Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) running until May 15, 2016. The show features a series of photographs and a video that document the artist's psychogeographic wanderings through Venice, capturing its interstitial and marginal spaces. Muntadas employs a flâneur-like approach to reveal the city's urban superfetation, vernacular resistances, and international openings. His work transforms overlooked areas into sites of removed memories and unconscious becoming, akin to situationist dérives. The project offers an unprecedented cognitive journey into Venice's contradictions, serving as a catabasis toward new mental landscapes. The exhibition is curated by Francesca Mattozzi, who has a background in dance and art history.