With the arrival of summer, returns with its fourth edition Una Boccata d’Arte, a project spread over the Italian territory involving twenty villages and twenty Italian and international artists. On Saturday and Sunday (June 24 and 25), the small towns involved – one for each region – will inaugurate artistic interventions made in connection with the host location. The artists, called by Fondazione Elpis, who created the project with Galleria Continua, are heterogeneous in age and education but also in practices and background.
Thus, from North to South, contemporary art is inserted in those little-known places, with the intention of developing a relationship between history, the conformation of the place and the creative practice of each individual artist, while promoting the enhancement of the historical and cultural heritage of small villages.
The works can be visited until September 24th, creating a true summer treasure hunt. But now let’s find out the villages involved this year and the artists who worked in unison with the place, always carefully chosen based on each research.
#1 Emilia-Romagna, Travo
In the small village of Travo, in the province of Piacenza, Raghad Saqfalhait‘s (1996) project titled The Mountain is Still Moving لا يزالُ الجبلُ يتحرّك curated by Sofia Baldi Pighi will be presented.
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#2 Umbria, Toscolano – fraz. di Avigliano Umbro
In the province of Terni, in the small village of only 66 inhabitants, artist Mattia Pajè (1991) presents the project Pila Thinkerwiller curated by Marco De Ieso.
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#3 Basilicata, Rivello
The small town of Rivello (PZ), immersed in nature and with a population of about 2,500, will host Me ne andrei nella roccia della Lieta (I’d leave in the rock of the Lieta) all summer long, Arianna Pace‘s (1995) project reflecting on the marriage of wild and urban, curated by Roberta Mansueto.
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#4 Piemonte, Vermogno – fraz. di Zubiena
With about 120 inhabitants, the rural village of Vermogno is characterized by two streets overlooked by stone and brick architecture with wooden balconies. This is where the work of Invernomuto (Simone Bertuzzi, 1983) entitled VICTIMULA curated by Camilla Pinoli for Threes.
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#5 Calabria, Santa Severina
Mohsen Baghernejad Moghanjooghi (1988) is the guest artist in the medieval hilltop village of Santa Severina (KR). The project d’io, bio consists of three works in which the written word becomes matter. Curated by Vincenzo Costantino for Altrove.
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#6 Liguria, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena
Leonardo Meoni (1994) presents Se si resta sul posto, a diffuse intervention investigating the relationship between Castelvecchio and its silence, edited by Andrea Daffra.
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#7 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Aquileia
Artist Judith Hopf (1969) investigates the relationship between contemporary and ancient in one of the peninsula’s major archaeological sites, Aquileia in the province of Udine. The project, entitled Relation Rests, is curated by Marta Oliva.
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#8 Veneto, Costozza – fraz. di Longare
Il frullamento del mare di latte is an environmental installation in the small church of San Michele di Costozza, created by artist Diego Perrone (1970) and curated by Giovanni Giacomo Paolin.
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#9 Lombardia, Gardone Riviera
In the “Garden City” overlooking the Lombard shore of Lake Garda, artist Jacopo Benassi (1970) presents the work SERENATA AGITATA curated by Edoardo De Cobelli for Threes. The installation consists of ten flags in dialogue with as many black-and-white photographs.
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#10 Lazio, Rocca Sinibalda
At the entrance to Rocca Sinibalda, in the province of Rieti, the work by Laetitia KY (1996) fits the sculpture formed by a woven rope and entitled Follow the Braid, inviting viewers to explore the village in search of hidden photographs. The project is curated by Cecilia Pecorelli.
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#11 Toscana, Fosdinovo
Theodoulos Polyviou‘s work (1989) is based on a legend from the small village of Fosdinovo in the province of Massa-Carrara. The work is entitled Rosa Mystica and is curated by Gabriele Tosi.
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#12 Marche, Petritoli
Margherita Raso‘s (1991) sound and multimedia work encompasses a multitude of human whistles, placing the visitor’s attention in the Municipal Theatre of the Iris. The work is entitled Eight Types of Whistle and is curated by Riccardo Tonti Bandini.
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#13 Molise, Agnone
Diego Miguel Mirabella (1988) presents Il buffone (The Jester), a storyteller who has decided to rest his roots in the town square of Agnone. The project interweaves poetry and sculpture and is curated by Michele Tiberio.
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#14 Trentino-Alto Adige, Pieve Tesino
Benjamin Jones (1994) reflects on the slow passage of time in relation to the everyday with a diffuse installation entitled To Live Inside a Second curated by Valerio Panella.
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#15 Sicilia, Pollina
Ella Littwitz (1982) with Axis Mundi reasons about the connection between the physical and the metaphysical, between faith, geography and nature. The work becomes a tool for reflecting on the literature of the village of Pollina. Curated by Giulia Monroy.
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#16 Abruzzo, Pietracamela
Simone Carraro (1995)with the work Sagra della Lucertola, curated by Andrea Croce, evokes an imaginary ritual in strong connection with place. In this way Carraro draws attention to the past, made up of peasant songs, customs and rituals.
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#17 Sardegna, Belvì
Raffaela Naldi Rossano‘s (1990) work stems from a letter by Antonio Gramsci about the Gongilo, a kind of snake with short limbs, protagonist of narratives between science and belief. The magic snake fits on the thin line between reality and myth. SERPENTINE For a timeless mūsēum is the title of the work curated by Emanuela Manca.
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#18 Puglia, Maruggio
Artist Evita Vasiljeva (1985) creates Barely invisible cities, a work composed of three corten portals that act as protectors of Maruggio’s past and future. The intervention is curated by VOGA Art Project (Flavia Tritto, Bianca Buccioli, Nicola Guastamacchia).
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#19 Campania, Cetara
Serena Vestrucci (1986) fits into a maritime context such as Cetara, the work Abbronzatissimi Pallidissimi composed of snowmen and curated by Giulia Pollicita. The elements create a contrast with the landscape, foreign to these forms, inviting us to reflect on the value of welcome.
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#20 Valle d’Aosta, Fénis
Stefanie Egedy (1996) creates the site-specific sound installation BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 8.0: PERMANENCE curated by Matthew Noble for Threes. The Brazilian artist reasons about the therapeutic effects of low-frequency sound, such as reducing stress and anxiety.
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