Serena Vittorini

Architecture of Care2026
Made up of a steel table and two welded chairs that prevent anyone from sitting, the installation receives a few drops of water every day, released by a suspended reservoir onto the same point of its surface. The resulting corrosion makes visible the ambivalence of care: a gesture of upkeep that, repeated over time, becomes a form of alteration.
S235 steel, borosilicate glass, water
350 x 80 x 100 cm
Conceived for Side by Side, Centrale for contemporary art, and presented at Le Botanique, Brussels. Curated by Badïa Larouci and Sébastien Ricou. With the support of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Photos © Serena Vittorini
Architecture of Care, installation view at Le Botanique: steel table, welded chairs, suspended glass bulb

Architecture of Care, detail of the borosilicate glass bulbArchitecture of Care, detail, a drop falling onto the steel table
Régime d’assise2026
A chair designed and built by the artist imposes a posture. The drag king Dicklan tests its limits, diverts it and invents other ways of occupying the space.
Analogue photography, Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth prints mounted on Dibond
23 x 30 cm, series of 60 images
Archipel exhibition, Contretype, Brussels. Curated by Olivier Grasser. Collection of the CRP, Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France.
Photos © Serena Vittorini
Régime d’assise, installation view at Contretype, Brussels: the series hung at chair-back heightRégime d’assise, installation view at Contretype, Brussels, visitors walking past the seriesRégime d’assise, installation view at Contretype, the prints seen in perspective
Galateo2026
Phrases spoken at the table and handed down from one generation to the next, gathered from the residents of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, become a choral score. They let us hear what the table teaches: rules, speech, silence and each person’s place.
Site-specific installation and choral performance
Raw fir, 900 x 100 x 70 cm
Concept and text selection: Serena Vittorini
Composition: Stefano Baiocco, performed by Corale 99
Biennale del Gran Sasso, Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Italy.
Photos © Mathilde They
Video © Diego La Chioma
Galateo, the Corale 99 and the audience around the table, Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Video still, choral performanceWatch the video →
Galateo, Corale 99 singing around the tableGalateo, the score “Il posto è questo” by Stefano Baiocco