Botto e Bruno

Botto Gianfranco, b. 1963, Torino, Italy
Bruno Roberta, b. 1966, Torino, Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
I Was Already Lost, Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
The young man who refuses to leave childhood, Galerie Magda Danysz (Paris, France)
2012
Camminando sul fango, Galleria Oliva Arauna (Madrid, Spain)
Deep End, Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Madrid, Spain)
2011
Alla periferia della città, Muralla Bizantina, La Mar de arte (Cartagena, Spain)
2010
This is the way, step inside, curated by A.Titolo, Centrale Ecotermica di Banchette (Ivrea, Italy)
Nata da qualche parte, Galleria S.A.L.E.S. (Rome, Italy)
Le quartier de l’enfance, Le Parvis Centre d’Art (Ibos, France)
2009
When we where teenagers we wanted to be the sky, Galleria Alberto Peola (Turin, Italy)
2008
Wanda traverse le paysage, Galerie Magda Danysz (Paris, France)
La mia casa è la tua casa, Botto e Bruno meet Liu Xiaodong, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome, Itlay)
2007
Kids riot (in the house of lost sound), Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato, Italy)
The garage-kids resurrection, Caffé Florian (Venice, Italy)
‘Vincenzina e la Fabbrica’, Oliva Arauna (Madrid, Spain)
A guitar plays in a broken town’, laure Genillard (London, UK)
Waiting for the early bus, curated by L. Pratesi, Cinecittà 2 (Rome, Itlay)
2006
The Fall, Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
Il rock’ n’ roll ci salverà, Palazzo delle Papesse (Siena, Italy)
A concrete town is coming, Galleria Alfonso Artiaco (Napoli, Italy)
2005
Sleeping town, Le Hall, ENBA (Lyon, France)
2004
La ciutat que desapareix, La Caixa Forum (Barcellona, Spain)
Kids Town, Alberto Peola Gallery (Turin, Italy)
A hole into the water, MAMAC (Nice, France)
An ordinary day, Centre culturelle français of Turin (Turin, Italy)
2003
The suburbs we are dreaming of, Oliva Arauna Gallery (Madrid, Spain)
Wall’s place, MAMCO (Geneva, Switzerland)
Vento sotterraneo, Site specific project, Poggioreale underground station (Naples, Italy)
2002
A crack into the wall, S.A.L.E.S. Gallery (Rome, Italy)
Suburb’s Time, La BF15 (Lyon, France)
Artist of the year 2002 Award, Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno and Civica Gallery (Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy)
And nowhere is my home, in collaboration with Monika Spruth, Colonia Chelsea Kunstraum (Cologne, Germany)
2000
Under my red sky, Sottozero, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome, Italy)
My song goes down into the water, Alfonso Artiaco Gallery, Pozzuoli (Napoli, Italy)
Suburb’s Day, Teseco Foundation for Arts (Pisa, Italy)
1999
My beautiful box, Alberto Peola Gallery (Turin, Italy)
Le Case d’Arte Gallery (Milan, Italy)
1998
Il posto dove vivo, Juliet Room (Trieste, Italy)
Pino Casagrande Studio (Rome, Italy)
1997
Gli stessi sogni, Le Case d’Arte (Milan, Italy)
Barbieri Studio (Venice, Italy)
Wall Paper, Bullet Space (New York City, USA)
1996
Alberto Peola Gallery (Turin, Italy)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Premio Maretti, PAN, Palazzo delle arti di Napoli (Napoli, Italy)
Sguardi sulla realtà, curated by A. Tolve, Museo della carrozza (Macerata, Itlay)
Videoart Yearbook, curated by Renato Barilli, Museo del Novecento (Milano, Italy)
Archive telllers, Dialoghi di video-arte tra memoria e archivi, Opificio Telecom Italia Spazio Contemporaneo (Rome, Italy)
2012
Turbolenze, curated by S. Pezzato, Museo Pecci (Milano, Italy)
Madrid Photo (Madrid, Spain)
Videoart Yearbook 2012, Chiostro di Santa Cristina, curated by R. Barilli,G. Bartorelli, A. Borgogelli and F. Naldi (Bologna, Italy)
La magnifica Ossessione, MART Rovereto (Rovereto, Italy)
Delle Dissonanze, Palazzo della Ragione (Verona, Itlay)
2011
Il giardino segreto, Ex convento di Santa Scolastica (Bari, Italy)
Gran Torino, Frost Museum (Miami, USA)
Italia ora, Museo Andersen (Roma, Italy)
Colectiva, Galleria Oliva Arauna (Madrid, Spain)
Italian Video Today: Double Identity, Macy Art Gallery, Columbia University (New York City, USA)
L’oeil sur les rues, Le parc de la villette, curated by C. Basualdo and C. Coq (Paris, France)
2010
8th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
Libri d’artista dalla collezione Consolandi, Palazzo Reale (Milan, Itlay)
Colección Norte de Arte Contemporáneo del Gobierno de Cantabria, Biblioteca Central y Archivo Histórico de Cantabria (Santander, Spain)
89 Colección CGAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
Video arte italiano, Espacio plasma, curated by di M. Bazzini (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Nos meilleurs souvenirs, Domaine Pommery, curated by R. Durand (Reims, France)
2009
Art Video lunge, Centro arti visive Pescheria (Pesaro, Italy)
Borders & beyond, Kunsthalle (Helsinki, Finland)
Rendez-vous, Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne (Lyon, France)
Una finestra aperta sul mondo dell’arte, GAM (Turin, Itlay)
Misura italiana, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, Spain)
Wonder world. Expecting a restless future, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow Biennale (Moscow, Russia)
Play & pause, Galleria Martano (Turin, Itlay)
Risque d’attente, Gradska galerija (Labin, Croatia)
2008
Le Printemps de septembre, Le Château d’eau, Espace écureuil (Toulouse, France)
La main qui dessinat toute seule, Galerie Magda Danysz (Paris, France)
Viva l’Italia, Palazzo della penna (Perugia, Italy)
Risque d’attente, Galerija Karas (Zagreb, Croatia)
Paesaggio Italiano, Università Luiss (Rome, Italy)
Tabula Rasa, Manifesta 7, Ex-Alumix (Bolzano, Italy)
Nient’altro che scultura, XIII Biennale internazionale (Carrara, Italy)
Lieux de vie, Abbaye Saint-Andrè,Centre d’art Contemporain (Meymac, France)
Farnesina porte aperte, Ministero degli affari esteri (Rome, Italy)
2007
Rooms, Conversations & Residents / Vidéothèque mobile, Experimental space, Le Plateau (Paris, France)
Résidents, Fondation EDF – Electra (Paris, France)
Build me up/Tear me down, Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario (Windsor, Canada)
Le luci dell’arte, Stadio di Domiziano (Rome, Italy)
Italia 1980-2007, Tendencies of Contemporary Research, National Museum of Fine Arts (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Apocalittici e integrati, MAXXI, curated by Paolo Colombo (Roma, Italy)
Il settimo splendore, la modernità della malinconia, Palazzo Forti (Verona, Italy)
2006
Natura e Metamorfosi, Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China)
Natura e Metamorfosi, Beijing Creative Art Center (Beijing, China)
Walking in the empty spaces, site specifc public art, Stazione metropolitana piazzale Augusto (Napoli, Italy)
Kids riot, cuated by Stefano Pezzato il Centro d’art contempoaranea Luigi Pecci (Prato (Toscana), Italy)
Intramoenia extra art, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva and Giusy Caroppo, Rocca Sforzesca, Manfredonia (Puglia, Italy)
Vis a vis – Collezioni si incontrano, Centro Arti visive la Pescheria, curated by V. Guadagnini and L. Pratesi (Pesaro, Italy)
Scultura e pittura.Opere della collezione permanente del Mart, curated by G.Belli (Trento & Rovereto, Italy)
Sharing passion, geografie della contemporaneità, Palazzo della Fortuna (Turin, Italy)
Metropolitanscape, Paesaggi urbani nell’arte contemporanea, Palazzo Cavour, curated by M. Capua, L. Mattarella & G. Iovane (Torino, Italy)
Capolavoro, Palazzo di Primavera, curated by A.Capasso (Terni, Italy)
Artesto, Connect to Art, La triennale di Milano, curated by L. Scacco & M. Viglione (Milano, Italy)
2005
Presente, Pan, Palazzo delle Arti, curated by L. Hegyi (Napoli, Italy)
Video.it 7, Circolo degli artisti, curated by F. Poli, M. Gorni, E. Volpato (Turin, Italy)
Constellations, Artissima 12, Italy curated by I. Giannelli, M. L. Anderson and P. Castagnoli (Lingotto, Turin)
Veinte anos y un dia, Galeria Oliva Arauna (Madrid, Spain)
Out of sight out of mind, Palacio de Sàstago (Zaragoza, Spain)
BYO. Bring your own, MAN (Nuoro, Italy)
Allineamenti, Trinitatiskirche, curated by L. Aiello and S.Risaliti (Cologne, Germany)
Projected visions, SESC (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Minyonies, Sacro Cuore Elementary School, curated by M. L. Frisa and G. Altea on a project of Antonio Marras (Alghero, Italy)
Artists’ Houses 05, Open Space, Modern Art Gallery (Bologna, Italy)
Europosparkas (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Ad’a.Area d’azione, Rocca Sforzesca, curated by R. Daolio (Imola, Italy)
Clip’it, Sandretto re Rebaudengo Foundation (Turin, Italy)
2004
Dazibao, Nuit Blanches, curated by Hou Hanru (Paris, France)
Roma colleziona, Italian Contemporary Art in pubic and private collections
American Academy, curated by S. Wasserman and l. Pratesi (Rome, Italy)
Contemporary Art, A new point of view on arts, Guastalla Foundation, curated by L. Pratesi (Milan, Italy)
One minute in Paris, Pecci Museum (Prato, Italy)
Periplo creativo, Genoa Accademia Ligustica, curated by M. Calvesi and M. Vescovo (Genoa, Italy)
International Biennale of Photography, Ken Damy Museum (Brescia, Italy)
Orizzonti aperti, Palazzo Forti (Verona, Italy)
On air, Monfalcone Contemporary Art Gallery (Monfalcone, Italy)
2003
Working Insider, ex Leopolda Station, curated by S. Risaliti (Florence, Italy)
20th anniversary show, Monika Spruth – Philomene Magers (Cologne, Germany)
Projection vidéo, Volksystem (Toulouse, France)
Definitively provisional, Whitechapel Project Space, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Kristine Wilkenschildt (London, England)
Corso Terracciano 56, Alfonso Artiaco Gallery (Naples, Italy)
Progress in Art, Centro Culturale La Rada, curated by Noah Stolz (Locarno, Switzerland)
Eco e Narciso, cultura materiale/arte, Leumann Workers Village, curated by Sergio Risaliti and Rebecca De Marchi (Turin, Italy)
Invitation to Monteverde, site specific project, Mausoleum Garibaldino Ossuary (Rome, Italy)
2002
Busan Biennale, The Contemporary Art exhibition, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum (Busan, Korea)
Fuori uso 2002, Ferrotel: rooms, passagesi and identità places, curated by T. Macrì, M. Codognato, S. Chia (Pescara, Italy)
News, videos and installations at Palazzo Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, curated by S. Risaliti and A. Natalini (Florence, Italy)
Fantasy>Beauty>Play, Italian video 2000/2002, Iaspis, curated by D. Denegri (Stoccolma, Sweden)
Ca raconte quoi?, Le Credac, centre d’art d’Ivry (Ivry-sur-seine, France)
To the Lighthouse, Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery of Turin (Turin, Italy)
Towards the future-identity in italian art 1990-2002, Museum del Corso (Rome, Italy)
Ouverture, Monfalcone Contemporary Art Gallery (Monfalcone, Italy)
Last minute, Old Soave Hospital, curated by L.Facco and L.Baldini (Codogno, Lodi, Italy)
Music X the eyes, Design Academy, curated by P.Tognon (Bolzano, Italy)
De Gustibus-Private Collection Italy, Palazzo delle Papesse, curated by A. B. Oliva and S. Risaliti (Siena, Italy)
2001
Platea dell’Umanità, 49° Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy)
Art Unlimited, Art Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
Adriatico Le due sponde, 52° Michetti Award, curated by A. Vettese (Francavilla al Mare, Italy)
Boom! (Espresso: art in Italy today), Manifattura Tabacchi (Florence, Italy)
Media Connection, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan and Palazzo delle Esposizioni, curated by G. Romano (Rome, Italy)
Italian Invasion, Contemporary Art Gallery, curated by S. Lacagnina (Siracusa, Italy)
Gam builds its future -Three years of aquisitions of Contemporary Art, Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery of Turin (Turin, Italy)
2000
Paysages urbains, Le Quartier, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Quimper (Quimper, Brittany, France)
Futurama-arte in Italy 2000, Museo Pecci, curated by B. Corà, R. Gavarro, M. Meneguzzo (Prato, Italy)
Atlantide, permanent installations, Palazzo delle Papesse, curated by S. Chiodi, G. Maraniello, M. Bracciali (Siena, Italy)
Videoplace, Fabbrica Europa (Florence, Italy)
Italian Metropolitan Theatre, Palazzo delle Papesse, Miart (Milan, Italy)
To say Aids, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, curated by G. Verzotti, G. Cochrane, A. Vettese (Turin, Italy)
Insights, Adriano Olivetti Foundation, curated by B. Pietromarchi (Rome, Italy)
Fantapop, Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, curated by V. Baradel (Venice, Italy)
Big Torino 2000, Visual Arts section, Cavallerizza Reale, curated by R.Fleck (Turin, Italy)
Stand by, F.R.A.C. Corse La Citadelle, curated by G. Altea and M. Magnani (Corte, France)
Nursery Crime, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, curated by I. Mulatero (New York City, USA)
The Daily Absurd, Ciampino Contemporary Art Gallery, curated by M. Vescovo (Rome, Italy)
1999
Invisibile Passages, Palazzo delle Papesse, curated by D. Filardo and A. Natalini (Siena, Italy)
Artbeat, Art Fiction Videoclip, Salara, Bologna-La Posteria, curated by G. Bartorelli and F. Fabbri (Milan, Italy)
XIII Quadriennale, Projections 2000, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome, Italy)
Turin à Nice, une nouvelle génération, Galerie des Ponchettes et Galerie de la Marine (Nice, France)
Atlante, Geography and History of the Young Ialina Art, MACS, curated by G. Altea and M. Magnani (Sassari, Italy)
Ateliers d’Artistes, curated by Thierry Ollat (Marseille, France)
1998
Meaningful Traces. Italian Art Today, curated by K. Koschina and F. Fanelli (Gazi, Athens, Greece)
The Memory of a Meeting Place, New Museum (New York City, USA)
Two, Plural in Arte, Galleria Ciocca, curated by C. Perrella (Milan, Italy)
A Noir, Palazzo della Triennale (Milan, Italy)
No Title, International Festival, curated by F. Cristellotti and S. Giovanazzi (Trento and Rovereto, Italy)
A door for Turin, winners of del 1° award, Torino meets…Art, Arte Giovane (Turin, Italy)
1997
Duos Duels, 5° Biennale Internationale d’Art de Groupe, Centre Cargo (Marseille, France)
Arcate Art Fabrica, Po Murazzi, curated by G. Cochrane, G. Verzotti, Vettese (Turin, Italy)
Grado Zero, Art Theatre, curated by G. Verzotti (Milan, Italy)
Aperto ’97, Trevi Flash Art Museum, (PG) (Trevi, Italy)
Festival Internacional de Arte Ciudad (Medellin, Colombia)
1996
4x2, Caterina Fossati Gallery (Turin, Italy)
Modernità, Project 2000, Palazzo Bricherasio (Turin, Italy)
Reportage, Giancarla Zanutti Gallery, curated by A. Galletta (Lanciano, Italy)
June Trailers, L’Atlantique Cafè, curated by G. Romano (Milan, Italy)
1995
Konrad Lorenz’s Duck, Ex Bona Woolen Mill, curated by P. Piccato, I. Mulatero, D. Papa (Carignano, Turin, Italy)
New Arrivals, San Filippo Gallery, curated by T. Conti (Turin, Italy)
Video
2007
Time to be a child, 1’40”, dvd
2006
The fall, 3’26”, dvd
A concrete town, 4’30”dvd
2004
Kids play, 4’16”, dvd
An ordinary day, 7’15”, dvd
2003
L’arrivo al villaggio, 10’40”, dvd
Words place, 10’dvd
2002
In the same place, 2’40”, dvd
2000
Without you I’m nothing, 6’, betacam
1999
Nothing’s gonna change my world, 4’30”, Betacam
1998
Good time for a change , 12’, VHS
Books and Catalogues
Botto & Bruno catalogue Ed. Le Quartier, Centre D’Art Contemporain de Quimper, Bretagne, 2001
Botto & Bruno, catalogue “Under my red sky”, ed.Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy 2001
Botto & Bruno, Something in the Sky, ed.Gabrius, Milan, Italy, 2001
Botto & Bruno, catalogne ed.Mazzotta, Milan, Italy, 2002
Botto & Bruno, ed.Essegi, Ravenna, Italy, 2003
Botto e Bruno, ed.MAMAC, Nice, France, 2004
Botto e Bruno, Waiting for the early bus, cat. Hopefulmonster, Torino, 2007
Theatrical Collaborations
2009
Scene per “Quattro atti profani” di Antonio Tarantino, regia Valter Malosti, Fonderie Limone, Teatro Stabile, Turin, Italy
2005
Costumes and scenographic furnishing for Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni ‘ (Director: Davide Livermore), Carlo Felice Theatre, Genoa, Italy
2003
Scenes e costumes for ‘Vergine della Tangenziale’, ( Director: Davide Livermore), Royal Theatre, Turin, Italy
Awards
Premio Suzzara, Realtà giovane, Italy, 1996
Turin meets …Art Award, Young Art Association, 1998
Amica Award, Big Torino, Italy, 2000
Artist of the Year Award, 2002 curators: Renato Barilli and Lia Durante
Artists in residence c/o Couvent des Récollets, Parigi, France, 2004
Winners of the international tender for the realization of a work of art for the new “Cittadella della Giustizia” (New Court area) in Venice, Italy, 2005
Collections
Unicredit Private Banking Foundation, Italy
Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
MAMCO, Geneve, Switzerland
MAMAC, Nice, France
Foundation Teseco per l’Arte, Pisa, Italy
Foundation Guastalla, Milan, Rome, Italy
Collection PAC, Pesaro, Italy
MART, Trento e Rovereto, Italy
Private collections (Europe and USA)
Selected Articles and Reviews
2007
Teresa Macrì, Noise room, in cat.mostra, ed.Caffè Florian
Carolina Italiano, BottoeBruno, catalogo mostra, ’Apocalittici Integrati’, Maxxi, Roma, ed, Electa
Laura Cherubini, (in) Accademia, L’arte di imparare(dagli studenti), catalogo mostra, ’Apocalittici integrati’, Maxxi, Roma, ed, Electa
Giorgio Cortenova, Lo spazio tra contemplazione e spaesamento, catalogo mostra Il settimo splendore, Palazzo Forti, Verona, ed.Marsilio
2006
Antonella Marino., Intramoenia Extra Art: 2° tappa, in Flash Art, no. 261 dicembre-gennaio
Luigi Giovinazzo, Botto&Bruno;, in Tema Celeste, no.115 maggio-giugno
Adachiara Zevi, Peripezie del Dopoguerra nell’arte italiana, ed.Einaudi, Torino
M.Di Capua, L.Mattarella, G.Iovane, Metropolitanscape, ed.Silvana Editoriale
Stefania Scateni, Botto e Bruno, anche le periferie hanno un anima, L’Unità, 26 febbraio
Vincenzo Trione, Botto&bruno;, i mosaici spezzati delle periferie, Il Mattino, 10 marzo
Stella Cervasio, Il cinema in una stanza, regia di BottoeBruno, in La repubblica, mercoledì 15 febbraio
Luca Marconi, La “concrete town”di Botto&Bruno; da Artiaco, in Corriere del mezzogiorno
giovedì 16 febbraio
2005
Silvio Bernelli, Via Artom, gli operai non abitano più qui, in L’unità sabato 3 dicembre
Fabrizio Sarpi, Aiuto, Don Giovanni è tra di noi, in Case da Abitare, no.91 ottobre
Maria Luisa Frisa, Fuori classe, in Case da Abitare, no.91, ottobre
Marie-Noelle Terrisse, Leur turin, in Le mondo rêves d’italie, venerdì 30 settembre
Maria Josè De Los santos Aunòn, Botto&Bruno;, in Lapiz 210/211
Ilaria Bombelli, La città scomparsa, in Flash Art no.250 febbraio-marzo
2004
Angelà Molina, El trionfo sin lugar, El Pais, 24 dicembre
Anna Maria Guasch, En el interstizio social, in Blanco y Negro Cultural, 4 dicembre
Roberta Bosco, Botto&Bruno; llevan a Caixafòrum una intervenciòn sobre la periferia, in El Pais, 9 dicembre
Olga Spiegel, Botto y Bruno recrean en Caixa forum un suburbio industrial, in LaVanguardia, 3 dicembre
Teresa Macrì, Se l’identità è di periferia, in Il Manifesto, 17 dicembre
Elena Hevia, Botto&Bruno; forran Caixaforum con trozos de realidad degradada, in Exit El
Periodico 25 novembre
Catherine Francblin, Duex ou trois choses que l’on saura d’elle, catalogo, mostra MAMAC, Nizza
Karine Tissot, La banlieue comme espace poétique, in Tribune des Arts, février
Arianna Di Genova, Wall paper city, in Casa Amica no. 4
2003
Hervé Le Goff, Kim Airyung, La Photographie, ed.Cercle D’Art, Paris
Miguel Cereceda, El suburbio llega a Claudio Coello, in ABC El cultural, 13 dicembre
Mariano Navarro, Las afueras de la edad, in EL Cultural, 20 novembre
Gauthier Huber, Fragments d’un discours Italien, in Art Press, 1 septembre
Marguerite Menz, Botto & Bruno, im Mamco, Kunst-Bulletin, 1 settembre
Adachiara Zevi, Botto e Bruno: il riscatto delle periferie, in L’Architettura, marzo
Michele Robecchi, Fuori Uso 2002, in Flash art no.238 febbraio
2002
Alessandra Mammì, Periferia paradiso, L’espresso, no.50/51, 19 dicembre
Teresa Macrì, Le mille luci di Torino, Il Manifesto, 19 novembre
Guido Bartorelli, Botto&Bruno;, Flash Art International, no.227, novembre-dicembre
Silvia Dell’Orso, Apocalisse di periferia, D La Repubblica delle donne, 24 agosto
Ludovico Pratesi, Dalle periferie alla Corea ecco la coppia dell’anno, in Il Venerdì di Repubblica, 20 agosto
Renato Barilli, La Waste Land di Botto & Bruno, catalogo mostra, ed.Mazzotta
Uta M. Reindl, Botto & Bruno, Tema Celeste no. 91, Maggio
2001
Gianni Romano, Suburb Kids, in Something in the sky, edizioni Gabrius, Milano
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Biennale Venedig, in Kunstforum, no.156, august-october
Teresa Macrì, Le mille sorprese della Platea, in Alias, 19 maggio
Adachiara Zevi, Artspaces, in L’architettura, no.550 agosto
Gianni Romano, Media Connection, cat.mostra, ed.Scheiwiller, Milano
Sergio Risaliti, Botto&Bruno;, 49.Biennale di Venezia, Platea dell’Umanità, cat. Electa
Giorgio Verzotti, Botto&Bruno;, La ville idéale, Editions Le Quartier, Quimper
2000
Teresa Macrì, My beautiful suburb, cat. mostra, Sottozero, Palazzo delle
Dominique Abensour, Paysages urbains, Journal no.39 du Centre d’art contemporain Le Quartier de Quimper
Stefano Chiodi, Gianfranco Maraniello, Luca CerizzaEspresso, arte oggi in Italia, catalogo Electa, Milano
Giorgio Verzotti, L’arte nell’epoca dell’AIDS, cat.Charta, mostra Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino
1999
Marcella Beccaria, Botto&Bruno;, in FWD Italia, Passaggi invisibili, cat. Mostra, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
Mariuccia Casadio, A forma di stanza, in Casa Vogue n.1, aprile
Maria Luisa Frisa, Nella periferia del paradiso, Amica n.49 dicembre