Lateral Roma is an independent art space located in the Appio Latino district of Rome, Italy. Lateral Roma was founded by Geraldine Tedder and Mathias Ringgenberg a.k.a PRICE in October 2020 and is run by a team of artists and curators, currently: Laura Cabezas, Marta Federici, Jazmina Figueroa, Camilla Paolino, Jacopo Rinaldi and PRICE; previously: Tobias Koch and Geraldine Tedder. We are a self-organized project broadening our program beyond exhibition formats into a wider field of exchange, production, and research.
Lateral Roma’s programming is based on lateral thinking. Lateral thinking, as opposed to vertical thinking, is rooted in the erotic; it is fantastical, even irrational thinking that does not follow an obvious train of thought. It challenges routine, pattern, and norm, representing their symbolic resistance. It is playful, sometimes strange and surreal, and follows principles such as mistake/accident/humor: “You can park anywhere you like, as long as you like, as long as you leave your headlights full on”.
SAVE THE DATE
12 April 6-9 pm, Slaked in curved light
a group exhibition with Andrea Mauti, Clovis Maillet, Hunter Longe, Ilare, and a text written for the occasion by Allison Grimaldi Donahue
after you die
i trace my fingers
along the rock in the garden
breaking my stubby nails
as i pick apart the granite
in search of the
ruby [1]
Slaked in curved light is a reflection on the continual agency of the dead, tracing ways that they, in their own manner of being, “interfere in the lives of the living.” [2] An example often taken for granted is that “our very language, the words we use to communicate with one another, are the relics of the dead.” [3] With this type of acknowledgement in mind, the exhibition aims to create an ambience conducive to “narrowing the space” between us and those who have come before us. Ancient technologies intended to accompany the deceased into the afterlife brush with the new in a weird (im)materialism, a queer archeology—from oil lamps to oil diffusers, from fire to LEDs, from the waters of the Loire river to clay gathered in the nearby Parco della Caffarella. Be they loved ones laid to rest or the remains of bygone eras, the formerly-living inform each artwork. Decisions, wishes, and offerings have been made for and with them. Light flickers in the mist.
The exhibition features works by Andrea Mauti, Clovis Maillet, Hunter Longe, Ilare, and a text written for the occasion by Allison Grimaldi Donahue. It is organized by Hunter Longe and derives from the workshop Desideri per le morte (Wishes for the Dead), an experience of collective grieving, led by Clovis Maillet in Rome last fall, where the group of artists initially came together.
On May 16th, 2025, there will be a public event programmed within the context of the exhibition. More information to follow!
The show will be open by appointment until May 15, 2025, please email info(at)lateralroma.eu
[1] Allison Grimaldi Donahue, Body to Mineral (Publication Studio Vancouver, 2016)
[2] Vinciane Despret, Our Grateful Dead (University of Minnesota Press, 2021)
[3] JF Martel, Weird Studies, Jan 18, 2023, episode #138
IN OTHER NEWS
NO MOVES TO INNOCENCE: A statement by Lateral Roma to address concerns among cultural workers and artists, published by NERO, read here.
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Lateral Roma
Via Ferdinando Ughelli 28
00179 Roma RM