An avant-garde exhibition held in Rome in 1968 has inspired a Frieze Project for the New York edition of the fair in May. The four-week Il Teatro delle Mostre (theatre of exhibitions) was held at the Galleria La Tararuga in Rome and presented a new work each day. It was “a radical and innovative format for that time”, says Frieze Projects curator Cecilia Alemani, who is also the commissioner of the Italian pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Alemani has chosen to restage two of the 1968 works: the Italian artist Giosetta Fioroni’s The Optical Spy and Fabio Mauri’s Moon. Fioroni, who may attend the fair, recreated her bedroom for her performance piece, in which visitors observed through a peephole an actress carrying out Fioroni’s daily routines. Mauri’s installation transformed the gallery into an interactive moonscape, complete with black walls and Styrofoam pearls deep enough to “swim” in. New works “in the same DIY spirit” by the artists Ryan McNamara and Adam Pendleton will complement the recreated installations.
