One of three companion catalogues to a centenary exhibition taking place simultaneously at three venues in Rome on the concept of the sacred in the work of Italian director, poet, writer, and artist Pier Paolo Pasolini. Text in English and Italian.

8 Foreword Giovanna Melandri 10 Pier Paolo Pasolini. Everything is Sacred. The Political Body Bartolomeo Pietromarchi 20 “It Was Indeed a Firefly, in the Crack of a Wall.” 1975 – 2022 Giulia Ferracci 58 Pasolini and the Inferno of the Present: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Roberto Chiesi 64 Pasolini. Volgar’eloquio Fabio Francione 70 Lutheran Letters Eleonora Cardinale 76 Pasolini the Lutheran and the Apostle Exercises in Sanctity Giuseppe Garrera 84 Beast of Style Eleonora Cardinale 92 Petrolio Silvia De Laude 105 Works on Display 106 Noor Abed 108 Sammy Baloji 110 Elisabetta Benassi 112 Paul Chan 114 Alvin Curran 116 Dante Ferretti 118 Claire Fontaine 120 Jorge Fuembuena Loscertales 122 Aziz Hazara 124 Huang Yong Ping 126 Nalini Malani 128 Fabio Mauri 130 Marzia Migliora 132 Giulio Paolini 134 Pino Pascali 136 Francesco Vezzoli 138 Ming Wong 140 Yan Pei-Ming 144 Let’s Imagine It, Together! Notes on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Influences on the Global Contemporary Art World Hou Hanru 158 Pasolini and the Metaphysical Experience Paul Chan 166 Hieratical Empiricism: On Pasolini’s “Technical Sacrality” Ara H. Merjian 180 Pasolini and the Form of the Revolution Anne-Violaine Houcke 196 The Glorious Body. Pasolini and Soccer Vincenzo Trione 206 1975: The Final Year Marco Belpoliti