VERSACE EMBODIED
Medusa, via Gesù, 12. Photographed by Camille Vivier, 2025
Chapter One of Versace Embodied begins with a constellation of voices. Conceived as a cultural project under the creative direction of Dario Vitale, it invites artists across photography, poetry, and performance to respond to Versace’s values with their own vision. From Vivier’s mythical Medusa and Modica’s Mediterranean portraits, to Schorr’s raw illustrations and Myles’s visceral words, the project builds a dialogue between archive and present, myth and body, vulnerability and strength. More than imagery, it is an ongoing exploration of what it means to embody Versace today.
Camille Vivier reimagines the original Medusa in Milan, Andrea Modica captures youth in Southern Italy, Collier Schorr responds with intimate illustrations, and Eileen Myles offers poetry that bares the raw intensity of the House. Together, they form a fearless collective uniting strength, sensuality, and contradiction.
Summer in the South of Italy. Photographed by Andrea Modica, 2025
Versace ‘Istante’ catalogue. Photographed by Steven Meisel, Spring Summer 1997
‘Untitled’. Illustrations by Collier Schorr, 2025
Bronzi di Riace c. 460-450 BC. Exhibited at Palazzo del Quirinale, 1981
‘Put It Back’, a poem by Eileen Myles, 2025
‘Ponyboy’, a shared space for physical expression. Orchestrated by Olly Elyte, New York and Los Angeles, August 2025
Binx on a bike. Photographed by Stef Mitchell, 2025
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