Domestica: site-specific works in ancient Roman houses on the Celio

The exhibition 'Domestica' presents site-specific installations by Yvonne Ekman, Mara van Wees, Sabino de Nichilo, and Riccardo Monachesi within the ancient Roman houses on the Celio Hill in Rome. The works engage with the archaeological context: Ekman's geometric birds appear to have landed from frescoed walls onto the floor; van Wees reduces architectural complexity to essential elements like stairs, doors, and walls; de Nichilo's enameled remains evoke the asàrotos òikos (unswept rooms) of antiquity; Monachesi's iconic red poppies bloom eternally in the wine cellar, the site of the martyrdom of Saints John and Paul. The exhibition, curated by Raffaele Orlando, invites viewers to regress from technological humans to ghosts of another era, surprised by the invasion of images. The show runs at the Case Romane del Celio in Rome.