ROBOCOOP
ROBOCOOP is an experimental and research art duo led by Luca Pozzati and Lorenzo Zandri with a background in architecture based between Rome and London. Specializing in urban art, they create fictional and urban scenarios through collages, installations, engravings, drawings, and photomontages.
Since 2012, ROBOCOOP has participated in various art events, festivals, and residencies, and has collaborated with MAXXI, IED, Outdoor Festival, BoCS Art, Open House Rome, and LUISS University. In 2017, they held their first solo exhibition, ‘INNESTI / Graftings’, later showcased at Milano Design Week/Fuorisalone. In 2018, TWF recognized them as one of Italy's top emerging creatives, and they participated in the “Unfolding Pavilion 2018” at the Biennale di Venezia.
In 2020, they completed the ‘Loggia Aldobrandini’ installation with support from Roma Capitale, and presented ‘Quadrature’ at Divario, inspired by the 16th-century Quadraturis genre. In 2022, they led a workshop at IED, resulting in a site-specific installation at MAXXI titled ‘Roma Tropicale.’ Between 2021 and 2023, ROBOCOOP completed two large-scale installations for the Sovrintendenza Speciale di Roma: ‘Scenografia di Frammenti’ and ‘BassoRilievo’, both 1:1 scale artworks on the scaffoldings of construction sites at Piazza Cavalieri di Malta and Palazzo Mattei.
Their works have been frequently published in architectural and art magazines such as Dezeen, Divisare, Artribune, and TIME, and have been successfully exhibited throughout Europe, both in the streets and in galleries. / @_robocoop
Education:MSc Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning at Sapienza University of Rome
Designed by ROBOCOOP.
‘The landscape, enclosed in the arch of a portico, as a square or rectangle of the window, acquires greater metaphysical value, because it solidifies and is isolated from the space that surrounds it. Architecture completes nature.’
Giorgio De Chirico - Valori Plastici, 1920.
Part of the 2020 'Quadrature' exhibition at Divario Space in Rome, the artwork draws inspiration from Quadraturism, a pictorial genre that emerged in the latter half of the 16th century.
Quadraturism involved creating architectural illusions—painted directly onto walls and ceilings—using strict perspective techniques to evoke a sense of depth and grandeur. In this piece, a Baroque-inspired faux architecture, rendered in Pompeian red, is seen from a slightly shifted-left perspective.
This illusionary structure opens onto an imaginary landscape that encompasses the Vatican City, skillfully blending reality and fantasy to create an effective and convincing sense of depth.
Hand-cut, multilayered prints on Freelife Vellum 300gsm paper and gloss silk paper.
The wooden bespoke structures have been handcraft assembling the different layers and framed with a glazing layer and an off-white passepartout at the end.
— Size (L x W x H): 28 x 6 x 32 cm
— Weight: 2 kg / 4.40 lb
— Materials: Mixed Media (Wood, Paper, Glass)
Photography courtesy of Divario Space © Studio Daido
Designed by ROBOCOOP.
‘The landscape, enclosed in the arch of a portico, as a square or rectangle of the window, acquires greater metaphysical value, because it solidifies and is isolated from the space that surrounds it. Architecture completes nature.’
Giorgio De Chirico - Valori Plastici, 1920.
Part of the 2020 'Quadrature' exhibition at Divario Space in Rome, the artwork draws inspiration from Quadraturism, a pictorial genre that emerged in the latter half of the 16th century.
Quadraturism involved creating architectural illusions—painted directly onto walls and ceilings—using strict perspective techniques to evoke a sense of depth and grandeur. In this piece, a Baroque-inspired faux architecture, rendered in Pompeian red, is seen from a slightly shifted-right perspective.
This illusionary structure opens onto an imaginary landscape that encompasses the Vatican City, skillfully blending reality and fantasy to create an effective and convincing sense of depth.
Hand-cut, multilayered prints on Freelife Vellum 300gsm paper and gloss silk paper.
The wooden bespoke structures have been handcraft assembling the different layers and framed with a glazing layer and an off-white passepartout at the end
— Size (L x W x H): 28 x 6 x 32 cm
— Weight: 2 kg / 4.40 lb
— Materials: Mixed Media (Wood, Paper, Glass)
Photography courtesy of Divario Space © Studio Daido