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BiM Milano

Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

Curated by Davide Giannella

Tuesday14Apr2026

Sunday26Apr2026

BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

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Opening

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026: 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Free entry

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/papernorthern-lights-gianni-pettena-in-bim-tickets-1985497908693?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Special opening hours

Apr 15 – 26, 2026

Sun and Sat: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri: 12:00 – 9:00 PM

Free entry

Paper challenges the traditional idea of exhibition space and architecture as fixed structures, proposing an open, transformable, and shared dimension. In a room suspended between lightness and movement, long strips of paper hang from the ceiling, blocking access and inviting the public to carve their own path.
Visitors take an active role, shaping the configuration and meaning of the work, which becomes a collective, evolving event.
Created in 1971 at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and presented for the first time in Milan, the work reflects on the relationship between individual, environment, and action, embodying Gianni Pettena’s vision of architecture as a critical, participatory, and relational practice.

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BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

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BiM Milano

Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

Curated by Davide Giannella

Tuesday14Apr2026

Sunday26Apr2026

BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

View in Google Maps

Opening

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026: 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Free entry

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/papernorthern-lights-gianni-pettena-in-bim-tickets-1985497908693?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Special opening hours

Apr 15 – 26, 2026

Sun and Sat: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri: 12:00 – 9:00 PM

Free entry

Location

BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

View in Google Maps

Back

BiM Milano

Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

Curated by Davide Giannella

Tuesday14Apr2026

Sunday26Apr2026

BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

View in Google Maps

Opening

Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026: 7:00 – 10:00 PM

Free entry

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/papernorthern-lights-gianni-pettena-in-bim-tickets-1985497908693?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Special opening hours

Apr 15 – 26, 2026

Sun and Sat: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri: 12:00 – 9:00 PM

Free entry

Location

BiM - Milano

Viale Piero E Alberto Pirelli 10, Milano (MI), Italy

View in Google Maps

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Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

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Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

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Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

Location

Infos

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Nome Fiera 26

Legal

Paper/Northern Lights

An installation by Gianni Pettena

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