Da
13
Apr
Seminari e Convegni
Things, Soil, Space: Ségou, Mali
From 13 to 18 April 2026 will take place an exhibition curated by Elvira Pietrobon (Le Lac de Lassa, ISH (ML), IUAV (IT).
The exhibition is organized by Antonio di Campli, professor of the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning-DIST and Camilla Rondot with the technical support of Saman Farhadi.
Abstract
In many homes in Mali, everyday objects are placed and used close to the ground. Cooking, eating, working and resting often unfold at this level, shaping relations between bodies, gestures and materials.
Visitors encounter everyday objects presented in their singular forms. Suspended before chalk floor plans drawn on black cotton cloth, they appear against a background that opens the space of the house in several dimensions.
The drawings and photographs refer to six houses in Ségou, both in the city and in the village, llnking urban and rural ways of inhabiting. Together, objects, drawn walls and images reveal relations that shape domestic space and offer a glimpse into the aesthetics of contemporary living spaces in southern Mali.
Biography
Elvira Pietrobon is an architect and holds a PhD in urbanism. Based in Mali since 2018 and a member of the Mieruba Art Center in Ségou and the agro-cultural centre Le Lac de Lassa in Bamako, her work examines the interaction between peasant practices and processes of urbanisation, opening perspectives to rethink ways of inhabiting from the vantage point of Mali across domestic, urban and territorial scales.
The exhibition is organized by Antonio di Campli, professor of the Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning-DIST and Camilla Rondot with the technical support of Saman Farhadi.
Abstract
In many homes in Mali, everyday objects are placed and used close to the ground. Cooking, eating, working and resting often unfold at this level, shaping relations between bodies, gestures and materials.
Visitors encounter everyday objects presented in their singular forms. Suspended before chalk floor plans drawn on black cotton cloth, they appear against a background that opens the space of the house in several dimensions.
The drawings and photographs refer to six houses in Ségou, both in the city and in the village, llnking urban and rural ways of inhabiting. Together, objects, drawn walls and images reveal relations that shape domestic space and offer a glimpse into the aesthetics of contemporary living spaces in southern Mali.
Biography
Elvira Pietrobon is an architect and holds a PhD in urbanism. Based in Mali since 2018 and a member of the Mieruba Art Center in Ségou and the agro-cultural centre Le Lac de Lassa in Bamako, her work examines the interaction between peasant practices and processes of urbanisation, opening perspectives to rethink ways of inhabiting from the vantage point of Mali across domestic, urban and territorial scales.