Calcio Storico is a 500-year-old sport played once a year on the square of Santa Croce, in the center of Florence.

Four teams, each representing one of the city’s four historic neighborhoods and known by a color — Bianchi for Santo Spirito, Rossi for Santa Maria Novella, Azzurri for Santa Croce, and Verdi for San Giovanni — compete against one another.

This book is published on the occasion of Zara Pfeifer’s residency at C/O BARDI, when she followed the Bianchi team in their training leading up to the match against the Rossi on June 2, 2024.

Photography by Zara Pfeifer
Art Direction by Something Fantastic
Edited by Marina Montresor
First edition of 850 copies.

136 pages photo book, 22 x 33 cm
+ inlay featuring the original rules from 1580 translated, an interview by Marina Montresor and Zara Pfeifer with Filippo Giovannelli, and a drawing by Adam Sherman.