OUTER SPACE - THE MEMORY OF THE HEAVENS
Casa delle Parole, curated by Giorgia Florio + John Francis Phillimore with Giulia Foscari
Date: 08 May 2025
Image Courtesy of UNA/UNLESS © Marco Valmarana, 2025
Casa delle Parole is a literary initiative born in Venice in 2006, celebrating the reading of global literary texts in their original language. Founded by Enrico Palandri, Donata Grimani, and Riccardo Held, it brings together a rotating, multicultural community that gathers for curated monthly public readings at Palazzo Grassi. These events foster cross-cultural dialogue through literature, drawing participants from Venice’s diverse linguistic landscape. Casa delle Parole also supports related cultural projects and hosts the Marie Brandolini Residency. The performance on Space presented at the Voice of Commons vernissage is curated by Giorgia Florio and John Francis Phillimore.
Giorgia Florio is an artist and photographer whose work explores the human figure and the elusive “isness” that emerges between presence and appearance. Over a 30-year career, she has pursued a deeply poetic and visual investigation into the human condition.Her work The Gift received UNESCO High Patronage in 2009, recognizing its cultural significance. John Francis Phillimore is a poet and translator whose work explores language with wit and introspection. He served as President of Casa delle Parole (2019-2023). Writing under the pseudonym Philip Morre, he has published the poetry collections The Sadness of Animals and Istantanea di ippopotamo con banane, along with several pamphlets, including Treno a New York and back (2022).
Giorgia Florio is an artist and photographer whose work explores the human figure and the elusive “isness” that emerges between presence and appearance. Over a 30-year career, she has pursued a deeply poetic and visual investigation into the human condition.Her work The Gift received UNESCO High Patronage in 2009, recognizing its cultural significance. John Francis Phillimore is a poet and translator whose work explores language with wit and introspection. He served as President of Casa delle Parole (2019-2023). Writing under the pseudonym Philip Morre, he has published the poetry collections The Sadness of Animals and Istantanea di ippopotamo con banane, along with several pamphlets, including Treno a New York and back (2022).
