Ilaria Speri
Directing Manager
2024 Fellow – Bethlehem
A manager and curator of artistic, cultural and editorial projects, Ilaria Speri moved from Milan to Palestine in March 2022 to take on the direction of the Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem. Since 2013, after obtaining her BA in Design and MA in Photography, she worked extensively across the Mediterranean with the collective Fantom and the creative agency Boiler, collaborating with institutions in Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy, and Europe. A former lecturer on the History of Photography, she trained in business and management at SDA Bocconi and completed Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program (Beirut, online), in 2021.
The Wonder Cabinet
The Wonder Cabinet is a space for artistic production and cultural development in Bethlehem, Palestine, inaugurated in May 2023. It brings together people and initiatives from different geographies and sectors to implement experimental projects and productions encompassing the visual and sound arts, artisanship, design, architecture, food, research and education. The space comprises a production facility, artist studios, a flexible multipurpose hall, a listening bar and food laboratory, a store, a sound production and Radio alHara station, and a garden.