# Event Details - **Event Name**: Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 07 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm - **Event Description**: Anthea Hamilton Soft You curated by Alessio Antoniolli 8 May – 2 November, 2025 Opening: 7 May, 6.30 – 8 pm Fondazione Memmo is pleased to present Soft You, the first institutional exhibition in Rome by Anthea Hamilton (London, 1978). Curated by Alessio Antoniolli the exhibition is open to the public from Thursday 8 May to Sunday 2 November 2025. Hamilton's practice lies at the intersection of installation, sculpture, film, and performance, reimagining visual content from our dominant culture through a subjective lens that reshapes perceptions. With her immersive installations and environments, the artist presents a reality where gender roles, sexuality, domestic life, and diverse cultural traditions are explored as fluid and ever-evolving concepts. "Soft You", taken from the last monologue by Othello, in Shakespeare, reframes three cardinal points in Hamilton’s research: the Shakespearian’s protagonist, the city of Rome and the artist’s own practice. Starting from "Othello: A Play", her stage performance created in collaboration with Delphine Gaborit for the artistic center De Singel (Antwerp) in 2024, Hamilton’s exhibition pushes the performative possibilities of her sculptural and installation based research. Hamilton’s work draws from autobiographical sources, but it is not grounded in personal history. Instead, the artist weaves together visual and cultural patterns to move beyond individual experience, engaging with collective narratives and shared histories. For her, the influence of Shakespeare and Rome as ‘cultural pillars’ presents them as iconic archetypes, offering a visual language that transcends historical eras. In "Soft You", Hamilton revisits her leg shapes, an early leitmotif, placed in dialogue with Rome. Whether materialised as sculpture or incorporated as a decorative element, this motif becomes part of the exhibition space, transforming into a frieze or a three-dimensional object. Echoing the essential nature of ancient Roman numeration, the leg pattern evolves into a language of its own. With this exhibition, Hamilton is seeking to ‘return to zero’ a marker of a time before and after, by linking Othello, Rome and her own artistic practice. The new work engages with an array of visual references, employing an associative approach that blends design history, architecture, and fashion. In doing so, a variant is formed. "Soft You", features a collaboration with Alice Rivalta on a mosaic created using the Rankaku technique - an ancient Japanese inlay method that employs quail eggs to decorate small and precious objects such as jewellery. Hamilton applies this technique to a writing desk, bound with a Shibari rope and designed in partnership with Pietroarco Franchetti. Also featured is a series of metal screens that reference architecture, playing with light through their reflecting surface; framed collaged stills from the documentation of "Othello: A Play", shot by Tanguy Poujol; a collaboration with scent designer Ezra-Lloyd Jackson, Creative Director of deya; and soft textile sculptures. These works, drawing from disparate eras and geographies, enable the artist to create a hybrid lexicon, where elements blend seamlessly. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rome/vernissage-|-anthea-hamilton-|-soft-you/200028124426802 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Rome - **state**: LA - **country**: Italy - **location**: Via della Fontanella di Borghese, 56B, 00187 Rome, Italy - **lat**: 41.9043 - **long**: 12.47833 - **full address**: Via della Fontanella di Borghese, 56B, 00187 Rome, Italy, Via della Fontanella di Borghese, 56B, 00186 Roma RM, Italia,Rome, Italy ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/be4c0102868503366661d789d19955e04c0d5c7375389a3939bc8e945362e6b1-rimg-w1200-h457-dcd6d7d6-gmir?v=1746166202 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You being held? - **A:** Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You takes place on Wed, 07 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 07 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm at Via della Fontanella di Borghese, 56B, 00187 Rome, Italy, Via della Fontanella di Borghese, 56B, 00186 Roma RM, Italia,Rome, Italy. - **Q**: Who is organizing Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You? - **A:** Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You is organized by Fondazione Memmo. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Vernissage | Anthea Hamilton | Soft You is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Rome, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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