“Anarchitect”: it is by this provocative term that Gianni Pettena defined himself in a 1973 manifesto text. The unclassifiable figure has done his best to elude categories, choosing to create architecture without architecture, as he explores the wider field of art and critical theory. Between visual arts, performance, teaching and writing, he never stops questioning the foundations of architecture while challenging the established order, functionalism, and the capitalist logic at work in society.
