Lydia Ourahmane's '5 Works' at Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, Venice
The exhibition titled '5 Works' by Lydia Ourahmane at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation in Venice, overseen by curator Polly Staple, showcases seven pieces, presenting a conceptual inconsistency. The artist employs local resources to reduce the need for import/export, resonating with Actor-Network Theory (ANT) developed in the early 1980s by Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law. Featured works encompass pontile (2026) for Poveglia island, 1.3 tons of discarded bed linens sourced from 200 Venetian hotels (2026), Offerta Luce €1 (2026) from the San Giovanni Crisostomo church, and a bead curtain crafted by inmates of Giudecca prison (2026). Additional pieces include 324 Photos (2026) and Angel (2026), critiquing ANT for overlooking power imbalances and prioritizing maintenance over grand representation.
Key facts
- Exhibition '5 Works' by Lydia Ourahmane at Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, Venice, curated by Polly Staple.
- The title '5 Works' is a deliberate lie; there are seven works.
- Works include pontile (2026) for Poveglia, 1.3 tons of decommissioned bed linen from 200 Venetian hotels, Offerta Luce €1 (2026), and a bead curtain made by Giudecca inmates.
- The exhibition employs local materials to reduce import/export, referencing Actor-Network Theory.
- ANT was developed by Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, and John Law in the early 1980s.
- Includes 324 Photos (2026) and Angel (2026), a 1960 mold from Fonderia Nolana, Naples.
- Rock Soup (2026) features a boiling vegetable soup, referencing a folk tale about community.
- The exhibition is on two floors of the Venetian venue, with works dated 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Lydia Ourahmane
- Bruno Latour
- Michel Callon
- John Law
- Nicolas Bourriaud
Institutions
- Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation
- Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation
- École des Mines
- Fonderia Nolana
- San Giovanni Crisostomo
- Giudecca prison
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Poveglia
- Giudecca
- Dorsoduro
- Cannaregio
- Napoli
- Mirano
- Murano
- Paris
- France