BAAB 01
Language: ENG
Pages: 48
Dimension: 270 X 380 mm
Soft Cover
1st Edition
Price: € 18
ISBN: 978-88-99776-56-5
Year: 2026
Edition of 399
Produced by
Basement Roma
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the first edition of Basement Basement Art Assembly Biennial_BAAB_Issue 00. (Rome, September – December 2025). Basement Basement Art Assembly Biennial_BAAB_Issue 00 is a non-profit organization founded by CURA. and conceived to make a glitch between the institutional dynamics of the art system and an underground and experimental world, which alludes to the freedom to define new worlds.
Produced on the occasion of the debut edition of the Basement Art Assembly Biennial (BAAB_Issue 00)—the underground and experimental biennial founded by CURA. in 2025—the first issue of BAAB #00 is a 48-page uncoated paper magazine, which aims to collect the theoretical premises of an independent biennial through texts by curators Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, as well as contributions by members of the advisory board composed of Nicolas Bourriaud, Anthony Huberman, and Lumi Tan.
Produced on the occasion of the debut edition of the Basement Art Assembly Biennial (BAAB_Issue 00)—the underground and experimental biennial founded by CURA. in 2025—the first issue of BAAB #00 is a 48-page uncoated paper magazine, which aims to collect the theoretical premises of an independent biennial through texts by curators Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin, as well as contributions by members of the advisory board composed of Nicolas Bourriaud, Anthony Huberman, and Lumi Tan. Work descriptions by Costanza Paissan accompany images and works by the 26 participating artists. The publication includes an insert featuring the exhibition’s installation views and documentation of the public program, which—through rotating works, talks, performances, and actions—brought together local and international artists who intervened in and shared the biennial’s collective and transformative space.
Artists: Davide Balula (1978), James Bantone (1992), Cecilia Bengolea (1979), Hannah Black (1981), Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (1995), Vittorio Brodmann (1987), Claudia Comte (1983), Jeremy Deller (1966), Gina Fischli (1989), Gina Folly (1983), Calla Henkel (1988) / Max Pitegoff (1987), Carsten Höller (1961), Karl Holmqvist (1964), David Horvitz (1988), Than Hussein Clark (1981), Mark Leckey (1964), Lily McMenamy (1994), Nyala Moon (1992), Valentin Noujaïm (1991), Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo) (1989), Michele Rizzo (1984), Selma Selman (1991), Tobias Spichtig (1982), Nora Turato (1991), Women’s History Museum (Mattie Barringer, 1990 / Amanda McGowan, 1990) and more…
Language: ENG
Pages: 48
Dimension: 270 X 380 mm
Soft Cover
1st Edition
Price: € 18
ISBN: 978-88-99776-56-5
Year: 2026
Edition of 399
Produced by
Basement Roma
Edited by Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin
Art Direction:
Ilaria Marotta
Texts by
Ilaria Marotta and Andrea Baccin
Anthony Huberman
Lumi Tan
Nicolas Bourriaud
Jean-Max Colard
Costanza Paissan