Sketches, notes, pictures, letters, videos, unpublished documents, projects of works and plans for conferences, related to Alfredo Pirri’s artistic and intellectual activity will be shown side by side with some recent and past works of art. The multiplicity and variety of materials shown, highlight the wide range of Pirri’s research, relevant not only in the context of visual arts, but also in the fields of theatre, architecture and graphic design, all disciplines involved in a mutual dialogue and strictly bonded in his practice.

During the whole duration of the exhibition, Nomas Foundation’s premises will be converted in an actual workshop, in which the artist will create a large new piece. Until January 2017 visitors will have the opportunity to observe the work in its progress and to be involved in the process of the creative research through a series of events.

The artwork will be officially presented during the closing of the exhibition – at Nomas Foundation, on January 25th, 2017, on the occasion of Pirri’s 60th birthday – and will then be displayed during the artist’s Solo Show, curated by Benedetta Carpi de Resmini and Ludovico Pratesi, opening in 2017 at MACRO Testaccio.

In between the two exhibitions, MAXXI will host a conference devoted to the relationship between art and architecture, topic at the core of the creative path of the artist. This “passage of the baton” is emblematic of the collaborative approach at the basis of the whole project “I pesci non portano fucili” (Fish cannot carry guns), which proposes itself as an efficient model of cultural networking, strongly supported by the artist himself. Each step of this extensive shared project – conceived as a journey inside Alfredo Pirri’s work, thought process and research – will be independent, yet, at the same time, in dialogue with the others.

Every Sunday, the magazine online Alfabeta2 will publish texts, videos or audio documentation belonging to Alfredo Pirri’s archive. This weekly appointment will be curated by Chiara Pirri. “RWD – FWD” is part of Fuori Quadriennale 2016.