Faargo for the exhibition “80 Years of the Strega Prize” at MACRO in Rome
EVENTS
From April 29 to August 30, 2026, the exhibition “One, Five, Twelve: Eighty Years of the Strega Prize,” curated by Maria Luisa Frisa and Mario Lupano and designed by the Supervoid studio, is on view at MACRO in Rome. Three pieces in dark-stained ash by Faargo are part of the exhibition.
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THE EXHIBITION
The Strega Prize was founded in 1947 in Maria Bellonci’s living room—“a house lined with books”—and for eighty years has been Italy’s most prestigious literary award.
The exhibition at MACRO tells this story through an imaginary library of over a thousand volumes arranged in chronological order, a photographic strip that runs along the entire perimeter of the room, and four dioramas that recreate the intimate atmosphere of Casa Bellonci.
THE PIECES
The exhibition design is entirely by Supervoid—the same studio that created the visual narrative of the exhibition also designed the three pieces of furniture: a desk, a bookshelf, and a pedestal.
Crafted from intensely heat-treated ash, they feature a combination of visible mortise-and-tenon joints and hidden fasteners.
The dark color and deep grain of the ash, a result of the heat treatment process, resonate with the historical and material richness of the exhibition.
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Designed by:
Exhibition curated by:
Maria Luisa Frisa - Mario Lupano
With:
Fondazione Bellonci - Liquore Strega - Premio strega