Sara Palmieri ::
Between Memory, Place and Matter / Starp atmiņu, telpu un matēriju
Between Memory, Place and Matter / Starp atmiņu, telpu un matēriju
Opening: 09. 10. 2025
Exhibition dates: 10.10 - 20.11.2025
Exhibition dates: 10.10 - 20.11.2025
Curator:
Kamilla Kūna
Team: Santa Ozoliņa, Ulrika Māliņa, Una Grants, Aldis Bušs, Aivars Purmals
The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture, promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Riga, and realized in collaboration with ISSP, Fonderia 20.9, MLAC, and Fotografia Città della Pieve.
Team: Santa Ozoliņa, Ulrika Māliņa, Una Grants, Aldis Bušs, Aivars Purmals
The exhibition is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture, promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Riga, and realized in collaboration with ISSP, Fonderia 20.9, MLAC, and Fotografia Città della Pieve.
Through experimental analog processes and sculptural reinventions, Palmieri renders visible the latent histories embedded in buildings, surfaces, and territories – inviting visitors to reflect on the meanings of transmission of memory, belonging, identity, and loss.
At ISSP Riga, Palmieri presents her ongoing exploration across multiple geographies – Italy and abroad – transforming the gallery into a living archive. Traces of Riga’s architectural landscape recur throughout the exhibition, and other fragments of memory re-emerge in transformed scales and contexts. Matter itself becomes both witness and vessel of collective history, inviting visitors to chart their own path through the fragments she presents.
Sara Palmieri (Italy, 1974) is a visual artist, curator, and lecturer based in Rome. Trained as an architect at La Sapienza University, she later shifted her focus to photography, using it to explore time, memory, and materiality. Her work has been shown internationally at Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Istanbul Biennial, PhMuseum Days, Matèria Gallery, Fotohaus ParisBerlin, and more. Her latest book, The Line of Water, was published in March 2025.