Monica Marioni's Hotel Mo.Ma. Transforms Carlo Scarpa's Casa Gallo into Temporary Hotel

Monica Marioni's exhibition 'Hotel Mo.Ma.' opens February 2 at Casa Gallo in Palazzo Brusarosco-Zaccaria, Vicenza, a residence renovated by architect Carlo Scarpa in the early 1960s. Curated by Maria Rosa Sossai, the show features photographs, installations, sound works, and performances that turn the domestic space into an ideal temporary hotel. Marioni's works inhabit all rooms—including the bathroom—creating a 'wunderkammer' of aesthetic and conceptual detours. The project emphasizes the dialogue between art and architecture, a theme Scarpa explored since his 1948 Paul Klee retrospective at the Venice Biennale and over sixty subsequent exhibition designs. Sossai notes that Scarpa's philosophy of 'mending the existing with the context' guided the selection of works. The hotel metaphor underscores transience and shifting perspectives, with the artist present weekly for ongoing transformations until the show's close.