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l’infestata was born from a deep encounter with the mountain landscape and the history of traditional high-altitude bivouac points. The mountains surrounding Roccacaramanico and Sant’Eufemia a Maiella become central figures in a narrative that weaves together past and present, reality and memory. These places still bear the marks of brigandage, a chapter that left an indelible imprint on the landscape and local culture. The stones along the trails still echo that past, silent witnesses to an era of rebellion, survival, and legend.
At the heart of the project are the Tavole dei Briganti (Brigands’ Tablets): stone slabs carved with messages, writings, and symbols that, according to oral tradition, once marked gathering points, places of rest, and feasting for the bandits. The artist reinterprets these traces as engravings on wood—wood being a material that evokes intimacy and domesticity, and that resonates with the natural surroundings. Through these carvings, the artist gives voice to a past often forgotten, building a bridge between collective memory and individual experience.
The core of the installation consists of three wooden structures, shaped like “inhabitable shells”: resting points that evoke benches, beds, or shared spaces. Designed to welcome residents and summer visitors, they offer a place to pause, reflect, and connect. Words, notes, and symbols are engraved onto their surfaces, speaking of history, resistance, and community, turning each element into a silent voice, ready to engage with the visitor.
These “speaking” structures are placed near the old, now-abandoned cemetery: —a site steeped in atmosphere that deepens the work’s emotional and evocative resonance. The installations subtly and poetically mark the landscape, accompanying the sleep of those who rest there on summer evenings, as silent guardians of stories and memories.
Completing the project is a short movie that acts both as a visual narrative and as a tribute to the land: the mountain becomes a living backdrop to the story. The movie creates a moment of collective gathering, where art, nature, and community intertwine, breathing new life into a heritage often hidden in the folds of time.
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Artworks:
01. Adele Dipasquale, Letto parlante 1, 2025, engraved wood, 190 x 80 x 140 cmCountry road near the old cemetery, Roccaramanico (PE)
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02. Adele Dipasquale, Letto parlante 2, 2025, engraved wood, 190 x 80 x 160 cmCountry road near the old cemetery, Roccaramanico (PE)
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03. Adele Dipasquale, Letto parlante 3, 2025, engraved wood, 190 x 80 x 180 cmCountry road near the old cemetery, Roccaramanico (PE)
I THINK OF ARTISTIC PRACTICE AS A MEDIUMISTIC ONE: THROUGH ONE'S OWN BODY, OR THROUGH THE BODY OF THE WORK, IT BECOMES POSSIBLE TO CHANNEL SOMEONE ELSE’S VOICE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO EMBODY AN OTHER’S VOICE? IN MY RECENT WORK, I EXPLORE THE POWER OF SILENCE AND OTHER FORMS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION USED AS PRACTICES OF RESISTANCE.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Adele Dipasquale (Torino, 1994) is a visual artist based between Italy and The Hague, Netherlands, where they graduated from the MA Artistic Research at the Royal Academy of Arts KABK in 2020. Working across various mediums as moving images, analog film, voice experimentations and text, their practice explores the politics of language. Their work has been displayed internationally at art and film venues such as: Rotterdam International Film Festival (NL, 2024); Art Rotterdam (NL, 2024, 2025); Sonnenstube (CH, 2023); London Short Film Festival (UK, 2025); The Clemente (US, 2023); Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE, 2023, 2022); Marres (NL, 2022). Their practice has been awarded fellowships and artist grants from institutions such as Mondriaan Fonds (NL), Cripta747 (IT), Stroom Den Haag (NL), Creatività Contemporanea Mic (IT). They have recently been artist in residence at Nuovo Forno del Pane MAMbo, Bologna (IT), Artistes en Residence, Clermont Ferrand (FR) and Casino Display, Luxembourg (LU). They are also part of the artist-run filmlab and collective Filmwerkplaats in Rotterdam, a group of artists that focus on the use of analogue film in contemporary art practices.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Adele Dipasquale, l’infestata, Roccacaramanico fraz. di Sant’Eufemia a Maiella (PE), Abruzzo. Ph Giacomo Alberico.
Roccacaramanico is a hamlet of Sant’Eufemia a Maiella, in the province of Pescara, in the heart of the Abruzzo mountains. At over 1,100 meters above sea level, it's known for heavy snowfalls—averaging 3 meters annually, with a 10-meter record in 1929.The name blends Rocca (Latin for “rock” or “mountain fortress”) with Caramanico, referencing the nearby town with which it maintained close ties since the 12th century. In historical documents, it appears as Castrum Rocchettae, later Castello della Rocchetta and Rocca di Caramanico.In the 1970s, Roccacaramanico experienced severe depopulation, dwindling to just four inhabitants. The last resident, an old woman, became a symbol of memory and resilience. Since the 1990s, the village has experienced a slow revival through a steady influx of visitors and returning residents, particularly on weekends and during summer. Families have bought and restored ruined houses as second homes, helping bring new life to what was once known as a “ghost town”.
Andrea Croce graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia in Fashion and Visual Arts in 2021. In the same year, he worked as an assistant to artist Julie Béna in the Czech Republic. In 2018, he founded Unpae, an artist residency project featuring public programs, workshops, and events, where he also holds the role of Art Director. Over the years, Unpae has gained significant recognition within academic and artistic circles. In 2024, he took on a teaching assistant role for the Art Direction course at Iuav in Venice and began teaching Contemporary Fashion as a freelance lecturer. For Una Boccata d’Arte in Abruzzo, he curated projects by Agnese Spolverini in Abbateggio (2021), Victor Fotso Nyie in Rocca San Giovanni (2022), Simone Carraro in Pietracamela (2023), and Agostino Quaranta in Gioia dei Marsi (2024).