PILOTTI

An ongoing project exploring garment production, material memory, and forms of collective making.

AboutA new artistic project based on the history of Giulia Pilotti's family. The project is born in Castenedolo, in the heart of Lombardy, where for decades, the finest tailoring has been located.The project is defined by an obsessive focus on craftsmanship and unparalleled expertise in handmade clothing production together in
a unique synergy with the world of contemporary art.
From its inception, the project has been influenced by Arte Povera and the exploration of different perceptual and sensory dimensions that the 1960s movement brought about.These core values are reflected in the project’s belief in the importance of craft, art and sustainability in the Anthropocene era
in which we live. The project will encompass a unique experience,
an open system in which the experience of beauty is flexible and constantly renewable.

MissionThe mission is to connect tailoring processes, that stayed in the background of the fashion world for several years, with contemporary art. The aim of the project is to contribute to a revaluation of all the elements that characterize the craftsmanship process, focusing on the various stages that lead to the creation of the garments. The workshop should not be understood solely as a place of production but as a vital space that accommodates and shapes the existence of its workers in their everyday lives.
The project is powered by Materia and Confezioni Grazia.

Mattia Varini - Founder and Co-Director
Jan Grombirik - Co-Founder and Creative Director

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Activation of Garments, Venice Biennale Pre-Opening, 2026

ParticipantsLina Ghotmeh · Ibrahim Mahama · Livia Nervi · Paula Nascimento · Chiara Rusconi · Francesca Migliorati · Andrea Rodriguez

During the pre-opening of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, a series of garments developed within PILOTTI were entrusted to a group of artists, curators, architects, and cultural practitioners.The activation unfolded through everyday movement across Venice, meetings, openings, conversations, waiting, crossings.Rather than functioning as static objects, the garments became temporary carriers of relationships between bodies, production histories, and contexts.PILOTTI explores garment making as a space where labour, material memory, and contemporary artistic practices intersect.The activation exists through use, circulation, and encounter.

Lina Ghotmeh
Lebanese-French architect based in Paris. Her work explores memory, materiality, and what she defines as an “archaeology of the future”, connecting architecture with history, ecology, and collective experience.

Ibrahim Mahama
Artist based in Tamale, Ghana. His practice engages infrastructures of labour, circulation, and material histories through large-scale collaborative projects and institutions including Red Clay Studio and SCCA Tamale.

Paula Nascimento
Architect and curator based in London working across contemporary African art, spatial politics, and international exhibition frameworks. Her work reflects on geography, representation, and cultural production.

Livia Nervi
Curator and creative coordinator at the Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation. Her work operates between architecture, cultural programming, and contemporary artistic practices.

Chiara Rusconi
Gallerist and co-founder of A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia. Her work supports contemporary artistic practices through exhibitions,
long-term collaborations, and international projects.

Francesca Migliorati
Gallerist and co-founder of A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia. She works across exhibition production, artist support, and the development
of collaborative cultural projects.

Andrea Rodriguez
Curator and spatial researcher based in Barcelona. Her practice investigates how space, movement, and forms of proximity shape collective experience.