Larissa Sansour's Archaeological Fiction at Galleria Montoro12
Larissa Sansour's exhibition 'In the Future, They Ate From the Finest Porcelain' at Galleria Montoro12 in Rome presents a political-historical intervention through photography, video, installation, and sculpture. The show explores the concept of 'invented culture' via the ritual burial of Palestinian bowls, with entrance installations featuring black-and-white kefiah patterns merging into dystopian earth. A fictional video reimagines Leonardo's Last Supper with political and religious figures amid apocalyptic futuristic visions. Sansour, born in Jerusalem in 1973, acts as a cybernetic archaeologist, connecting past and future by manipulating sources and reinventing real identity traces.
Key facts
- Exhibition title: 'In the Future, They Ate From the Finest Porcelain'
- Artist: Larissa Sansour (born Jerusalem, 1973)
- Venue: Galleria Montoro12, Rome
- Mediums: photography, video, installation, sculpture
- Themes: invented culture, Palestinian identity, dystopia
- Video references Leonardo's Last Supper with political and religious figures
- Installation uses black-and-white kefiah patterns
- Sansour described as a 'cybernetic archaeologist'
Entities
Artists
- Larissa Sansour
Institutions
- Galleria Montoro12
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Jerusalem