Come back from 22 June to 29 September 2024 A Breath of Artthe widespread contemporary art project promoted by Elpis Foundation. 20 villages and towns from all over Italyone for each region, host 20 interventions made by 20 Italian and international artists following a period of residence in contact with the territory and local communities. This year Una Boccata d’Arte comes to its own fifth editionwith 100 projects completed since 2020. For the occasion they were invited only artists under 35 who, due to the diversity of their practice and research, offer a broad perspective on the contemporary panorama. The inaugurations will be held Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June all over Italy.
As part of the fifth edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, Sasso di Castaldain Basilicata, hosts the intervention Textile circus created by the artist Giulio Locatelli (Bergamo, 1993), coordinated by Roberta Mansueto. The artist invites the community to Textile circus, a textile laboratory that develops in a series of meetings over the course of Una Boccata d’Arte 2024. It is precisely the tuftthe weaving technique that becomes new writing to “embroider” the views of the country, which emerged in the dialogue between the artist and the participants.
Giulio Locatelli explains: “Just as intertwined threads make up a fabric, human relationships intertwine to form the fabric of society. Each node represents a meeting, a shared experience, a bond between individuals. ‘Textile Circus’ is thus a tangible symbol of the strength and beauty of collaboration”.
Through 20 site specific interventions which include widespread exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops and artist books, Una Boccata d’Arte will run a special throughout the summer cultural itinerary which winds along the peninsula: an invitation to travel and discovery of unexpected places, far from the traditional circuits of contemporary art.
A Breath of Art is a project created in collaboration with Maurizio Rigillo, Co-founder of Galleria Continua, and with Threes which every year curates three interventions focused on sound experimentation, this year in Abruzzo, Lazio And Molise.
Thanks to the acquisitions of the administrations and the donations of the artists, to date over a third of the villages involved have chosen to permanently host the works created within the past four editions.
In Basilicata, Una Boccata d’Arte involved, with site-specific interventions, exhibitions and installations, the villages of Pisticci (2020), Pietragalla (2021), Grottole (2022) and Rivello (2023). In this region, the work remained permanent Without title (2023), by Arianna Pace in Rivello.
All the permanent works of Una Boccata d’Arte are collected in new dedicated section of the site www.unaboccatadarte.it, an interactive map complete with in-depth information.
Una Boccata d’Arte is a project created in 2020 by Marina Nissim, President of the Elpis Foundation, with the aim of enhancing the historical and landscape heritage of small towns, through the sharing of practices and languages of contemporary art. Spread throughout Italy, the project involves 20 villages with less than 5 thousand inhabitants each year, located in different areas to rediscover theentire regional territory. By virtue of their intimate size, these places become the ideal context for artistic experimentation and the creation of new imagery.
THE WORK EXHIBITED IN SASSO DI CASTALDA – Some rumors say that Sasso di Castalda was built by women, men and children, carrying on their heads the stones recovered from the valley, perhaps in the ditch of the Arenazzo river. Today the country opens up to slow walking tourism and the experience of Tibetan bridges, in the dream of reaching the mountains “by flight”.
What is the perception of the village for a community of dreamers?
The artist Giulio Locatelli invites the community to Textile circus, a textile laboratory that develops in a series of meetings over the course of Una Boccata d’Arte 2024. It is precisely the tuft, the weaving technique that becomes new writing to “embroider” the views of the country, which emerged in the dialogue between the artist and the participants. Weaving, an introspective language, becomes the shared experience of the desires, images and stories of the inhabitants, but also of the travelers who want to take part in the workshops, since “you love nothing without imagining”, without finding new ways of creating community .
Work exhibited: Giulio Locatelli, Textile circus, 2024, installation, mixed media, variable dimensions. Hortus Conclusus – via degli Orti / via Casale. Hours: every day, 24/7. Adjacent to the Hortus Conclusus there is free parking (accessible from via Calvario or via degli Orti). The Hortus Conclusus is located near the Sasso di Castalda deer wildlife area.
Calendar:
June: Saturday 22 June, from 5.30pm to 7.30pm
July: Friday 19th and Saturday 20th July, from 6pm to 8pm
August: Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August, from 6pm to 8pm
September: Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September, from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm
The workshops are free and no weaving skills are necessary. To participate in the workshops, write to:[email protected]
For more information: +39 328 745 5167 (Pro Loco – Domenico Gaito) | +39 389 111 3337 (Avis – Caterina Corleto) | +39 320 635 2143 (Councillor – Mariangela Laurino)
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