Diego Perrone's War Games at Villa del Principe, Genoa

Diego Perrone's site-specific project War Games, curated by Francesco Garutti, opened at Villa del Principe in Genoa as the first edition of Davanti al Mare. The exhibition runs for under four weeks and is accompanied by an artist book published by Humboldt Books. Perrone (born Asti, 1970) created a glass-paste sculpture in dialogue with the 16th-century tapestries of the Sala del Naufragio, depicting the Battle of Lepanto. His research involved the Naval Engineering Department of the University of Genoa and local model makers. The experimental format, conceived by Vittorio Dapelo, was supported by the Amixi of Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art. The book compiles photographic fragments on pink paper, mixing details of the tapestries, miniature ship parts, and Perrone's sculpture. Francesco Garutti's essay connects the work to naval wargames by Fletcher Pratt and visionary architecture by Norman Bel Geddes. The project was preceded by a lecture at Villa Croce and a period of exploration in Genoa.