F.U.V. with Virginia Bianchi Gallery

Adapting Roman architect Vitruvius’s three characteristics of good architecture, outlined in his treatise ‘De Architectura’ more than 2,000 years ago, the F.U.V. interview series builds discourse around online curatorial platforms and projects, addressing the experience of UX design as well as the human structures that underpin the production and maintenance of these spaces.

Firmatis (aka Durability)It should stand up robustly and remain in good condition; Utilitas (aka Utility) It should be useful and function well for the people using it; Venustatis (aka Beauty)It should delight people and raise their spirits.

Each question is marked with a F, a U, or a V to denote which of Vitruvius’s three principals it was written in relation to. Text in bold is by the interviewee. Collectively the F.U.V. series intends to explore multiple interpretations of these terms by focusing on various facets of curatorial practice online.

Landing page of Virginia Bianchi Gallery, showing details of upcoming online exhibition by Léa Porré.
Installation view of ‘The Anteater’s Transmutation’ (2020) by Giuliana Rosso & Wednesday Kim.
Documentation of ‘Warped Passages’ (2021) ft: Martina Menegon, Lauren Moffatt, Rory Scott, Laura Shepherd, Alexis Zerafa and Alice Yuan Zhang. Showing AR artwork by Rory Scott.
Documentation of ‘Warped Passages’ (2021) ft: Martina Menegon, Lauren Moffatt, Rory Scott, Laura Shepherd, Alexis Zerafa and Alice Yuan Zhang. Showing AR artwork by Martina Menegon.
Installation view of ‘Connections’ (2022), an exhibition on Mozilla Hubs, ft: Snow Yunxue Fu, Funa Ye, Chengan Xia and Tingwei Li.
Installation view of ‘Subterranean Virtualscapes’ (2022) ft: S()fia Braga, Fred Cosci, The Cool Couple, Federica Di Pietrantonio, Andrea Frosolini, Kamilia Kard, Rachele Maistrello, Martina Menegon, Deborah Mora, Alessandro Moroni, Alice Palamenghi, Veronica Petukhov, Valeria Segna, Olia Svetlanova and Matteo Zamagni. Showing work by Deborah Mora.
Cowplant from ‘Sims 4’ (2014).
A screen capture GIF of the code of Virginia Bianchi Gallery.
Installation view of ‘Supreme’ (2021) exhibition Virginia Bianchi booth at ArtVerona 2021, ft: Marija Avramovic and Sam Twidale.
Artwork view of ‘Supreme’ (2021) by Marija Avramović & Sam Twidale.

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Online gallery founded by Pita Arreola-Burns & Elliott Burns. Research blog exploring the ideologies, systems, architecture and design of digital art spaces.