FOROF
presents
the first Episode of Season V,
in dialogue with Alicja Kwade’s site-specific installation INFRASUPRA
curated by Valentino Catricalà
MIRAGE
A concert-performance by PAAR
in collaboration with GRZEGORZKI RECORDS
Tuesday, 16 December 2025, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Palazzo Roccagiovine
Foro Traiano 1 – Rome
www.forof.it
Rome, 4 December 2025
FOROF’s fifth Season presents MIRAGE, the first Episode in a series of performances and events conceived as activations of Alicja Kwade’s installation INFRASUPRA (International artist of Polish origin, currently the winner of the Rome Prize – Villa Massimo 2025/26), curated by Valentino Catricalà and on view until 28 July in the spaces of the cultural institution founded by Giovanna Caruso Fendi.
On 16 December, the band PAAR will perform a sequence of sound interventions in the spaces of Foro Traiano 1, exploring themes of urban alienation and the illusion of reality, in dialogue with the concept of the site-specific exhibition and with Kwade’s works. The result is a visual and musical journey through the cold and anonymous urban landscape of the late 1970s and early 1980s, interweaving different eras—fully in tune with FOROF’s DNA, which promotes encounters between contemporary art and archaeology.
With MIRAGE, the cycle of five collateral Episodes of Season V officially opens, featuring confirmed contributions by poet Jonida Prifti, the artistic duo Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni), the collective MASMAS (Mauro Remiddi, Simone Alessandrini, and Simone Pappalardo) until the final surprise.
As in the exhibition INFRASUPRA, PAAR’s performance seeks to capture the atmosphere of the space that houses the precious marbles of the Basilica Ulpia (2nd century AD). “The search for something authentic in a world where everything seems tangible and yet nothing is real. The concert will play with the audience’s perception, immersing them in the cold, stylized aesthetics of these genres,” comment the three German artists—Ly Nguyen (vocals), Rico Sperl (bass, synth), and Matthias Zimmermann (guitar)—who have merged their public identities into a single sonic canvas combining New Wave and post-punk, blending contemporary electronic sounds with an experimental punk attitude. Their musical corpus is built on beats and synths, woven together with constant guitar and bass textures, polished by distinctive lyrics and vocal lines.
The evening of music and atmospheres will conclude with a sensory tasting experience curated by Rimessa Roscioli.
Special thanks to Galleria Continua, the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo, and the Polish Institute in Rome.
In partnership with Rimessa Roscioli.