Villa Lontana is an independent art project space in Rome curated by Vittoria Bonifati and Jo Melvin in collaboration with the Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli. The cycle of contemporary art exhibitions aims to create fluid platforms of encounter between the sculptures and artifacts from the Santarelli Collection and contemporary art practices. The Santarelli Collection is seen as an archive, the starting point for the curatorial program of Villa Lontana, which includes: exhibitions, publications, artist's editions and sound projects.Villa Lontana Records is an independent record label which focuses on the production of new sounds, from electroacoustic to sonorous poetry and performance. The label is part of the curatorial programme of Villa Lontana.Artists: Larry Achiampong, Bas Jan Ader, Tauba Auerbach, John Baldessari, Elisabetta Benassi, Tomaso Binga, Marcel Broodthaers, Alessandro Cicoria, Gino De Dominicis, Barry Flanagan, Cyprien Gaillard, Giuseppe Garrera, Jeff Gibbons, Adam Green, Susan Hiller, Thomas Hutton, Clementine Keith-Roach, Ketty La Rocca, John Latham, Louise Lawler, Emiliano Maggi, Mario Merz, Walter Maioli, Charlotte Moth, Rosalind Nashashibi, Maria Nordman, Olu Ogunnaike, Michael O’Mahony, Luigi Ontani, Giorgio Orbi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Cesare Pietroiusti, Gianni Politi, Robert Rauschenberg, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Ad Reinhardt, Andrés Saenz de Sicilia, Prem Sahib, Hugo Sanchez, Edoardo Servadio, Sudarshan Shetty, Raja Ram Sharma, Lucy Skaer, Daniel R. Small, Terre Thaemlitz/DJ Sprinkles, Franco Troiani, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Emiddio Vasquez.VILLA LONTANAVia Cassia 53 – 00191, Romavillalontana.roma@gmail.comSubscribe – SupportMail – SoundcloudPhotos:Installation views: Simon d'ExéaPublications: Francesco DemichelisDesign:Giandomenico CarpentieriWith the support of:Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli