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Demanio Marittimo.KM-278 Returns for Tenth Edition on Senigallia Beach

festival-fair · 2026-04-26

The tenth edition of Demanio Marittimo.KM-278 will take place on July 17, 2020, on Marzocca beach in Senigallia, Italy. Organized by MAPPE magazine, Gagliardini Editore, and the Demanio Marittimo.Km-278 Association, with collaboration from MAXXI, the Municipality of Senigallia, and the Marche Region, the festival adapts to COVID-19 restrictions with a hybrid online-offline format. Curators Cristiana Colli and Pippo Ciorra emphasize the importance of physical presence despite the pandemic. The program includes a curated project by Davide Quadrio featuring video works by João Penalva, Yang Zhenzhong, Olivo Barbieri, Sophie Calle, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, and Alessandro Sciarroni; a site-specific installation by Oliviero Fiorenzi; dispatches from Angelo Bellobono's Linea 1201 project; contributions from Galleria Continua (celebrating 30 years) and Hauser & Wirth; architecture presentations by Lucy Styles (YAP 2020 winner), Margherita Guccione, and winners of the DMKM27 competition; and local chefs Mauro Uliassi, Moreno Cedroni, and Paolo Brunelli. The event will stream on social media and feature a digital archive created with Francesca Molteni. Over its decade, Demanio Marittimo has hosted 400 international guests and built a community around architecture, art, and design discourse.

Key facts

  • Tenth edition of Demanio Marittimo.KM-278 on July 17, 2020
  • Location: Marzocca beach, Senigallia, Italy
  • Organized by MAPPE magazine, Gagliardini Editore, and Demanio Marittimo.Km-278 Association
  • Collaborators: MAXXI, Municipality of Senigallia, Marche Region
  • Curators: Cristiana Colli and Pippo Ciorra
  • Features video works by João Penalva, Yang Zhenzhong, Olivo Barbieri, Sophie Calle, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Alessandro Sciarroni
  • Site-specific installation by Oliviero Fiorenzi
  • Angelo Bellobono's Linea 1201 project
  • Galleria Continua (30th anniversary) and Hauser & Wirth participate
  • Lucy Styles (YAP 2020 winner) presents architecture work
  • Margherita Guccione, Director General of Contemporary Creativity, involved
  • Winners of DMKM27 competition to be realized in 2021
  • Chefs: Mauro Uliassi, Moreno Cedroni, Paolo Brunelli
  • Digital archive created with Francesca Molteni
  • 400 international guests over ten editions

Entities

Artists

  • Cristiana Colli
  • Pippo Ciorra
  • Davide Quadrio
  • João Penalva
  • Yang Zhenzhong
  • Olivo Barbieri
  • Sophie Calle
  • Lawrence Abu Hamdan
  • Alessandro Sciarroni
  • Oliviero Fiorenzi
  • Angelo Bellobono
  • Lucy Styles
  • Margherita Guccione
  • Mauro Uliassi
  • Moreno Cedroni
  • Paolo Brunelli
  • Francesca Molteni
  • Ubaldo Fiorenzi
  • Gio Fiorenzi
  • Mario Botta
  • Benedetta Tagliabue
  • Emanuele Coccia
  • Massimiliano Tonelli
  • Sislej Xhafa
  • Zhanna Kadyrova
  • Giuliano Giuliani
  • Andrea Bruciati
  • Massimo Raffaeli
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Silvia Cassetta
  • Tobia De Eccher
  • Lorenzo Tirabosco
  • Edoardo Massa
  • Guido Guidi
  • Simona Antonacci
  • Carlo Birrozzi
  • Alix Boillot
  • Giovanni Gaggia
  • Fatijon Ademaj
  • Michele Forti
  • Qendron Mema
  • Gloria Seri
  • Elisa Valori
  • Gustav Düsing
  • Max Hacke
  • Pietro Martino
  • Federico Pizzi
  • Lorenza Baroncelli
  • Ada Tolla
  • Giuseppe Lignano
  • Cosimo Accoto
  • Andrea Borgnino

Institutions

  • MAPPE
  • Gagliardini Editore
  • Demanio Marittimo.Km-278 Association
  • MAXXI
  • Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo
  • Comune di Senigallia
  • Regione Marche
  • Galleria Continua
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • YAP (Young Architects Program)
  • DMKM27
  • DEMANIO MARITTIMO.KM-278
  • Associazione Demanio Marittimo.Km-278
  • Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
  • Isia Urbino
  • Artribune
  • Manifesta 14
  • UNESCO
  • NORDOVEST – SUDEST
  • Demanio Marittimo KM-278
  • SAAD (Scuola di Architettura e Design dell’Università di Camerino)
  • University of Camerino
  • Braunschweig University of Technology
  • Mies van der Rohe Award
  • Premio Italiano di Architettura MAXXI_Triennale
  • MAXXI Architettura
  • Premio Italiano Giovani 2024
  • Lot-Ek
  • Villa Medici
  • HPO
  • Lemonot
  • Noctis
  • BASE
  • Milan Design Week
  • Istituto Centrale del Catalogo e la Documentazione
  • Grande MAXXI

Locations

  • Marzocca
  • Senigallia
  • Italy
  • Marche
  • Prishtina
  • Kosovo
  • Ukraine
  • Ancona
  • Rome
  • New York
  • Ferrara
  • Pesaro
  • Milan
  • Braunschweig
  • Germany

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