Opening: Saturday, June 28, 2025, at 17:00 am, Via XI Febbraio, Macchiagodena (IS)
The inauguration includes a walk through the hamlets of Santa Maria in Pantano, Incoronata, and Caporio to visit the artworks installed in the locations where the workshops took place. The event will conclude at Villaggio San Nicola with a light refreshment.
Recommended parking: the area behind the Town Hall and near the post office.
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Discover the map here
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Download the invitation and press kit here.
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Partitura per un futuro ritorno (Score for a Future Return) is a site-specific project that unfolds across Macchiagodena and three of its hamlets: Caporio, Incoronata, and Santa Maria in Pantano. In the narrow streets of San Nicola — the town’s oldest and now nearly uninhabited village — echoes a song recorded by the residents of Macchiagodena, who were invited to reinterpret Lu Molisano in America by Antonio Perrella. Their voices imagine a possible return, offering a counter-narrative to the silence left by depopulation.
The sound comes from three different houses—three space-time portals marked by green lights—where memory and desire converge. Each house plays a different section of the song: rhythm, melody, and voice. These three parts correspond to three installations scattered across the hamlets: a brazier with rhythm indications, a poster featuring the musical score, and an engraved table with the lyrics.
The only object that brings together all the sections and narrates the entire artistic process is an artist’s book, on display inside the medieval tower that houses the Casa del Libro.
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Artwork:
01. Roberto Casti, Partitura per un futuro ritorno (Ritmo), 2025, brazier, engraved musical sculptures in brass, iron and steel, variable dimensions.
Santa Maria In Pantano, Macchiagodena (IS)
The brazier can be used, and visitors are invited to interact with the sculptures, which can be played.
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02. Roberto Casti, Partitura per un futuro ritorno (Melodia), 2025, digital print on paper, aluminum frame.
Bar Valleverde, Contrada Incoronata, 22, Macchiagodena (IS)
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03. Roberto Casti, Partitura per un futuro ritorno (Voce), 2025, table, wood and engraved steel.
Caporio, Macchiagodena (IS)
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04. Roberto Casti, Partitura per un futuro ritorno (Libro), 2025, artist’s book, 22 x 17 cm.
Medieval Tower – Casa del Libro, Via Alfredo Notte, Macchiagodena (IS)
The book can be consulted by contacting the Casa del Libro directly.
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05. Roberto Casti, Partitura per un futuro ritorno, 2025, site-specific installation, LED lights, speakers, sound, variable dimensions.San Nicola Village, between Via XI Febbraio and Via XXIV MaggioThe work is accessible only from the outside: visitors are invited to listen to the sounds coming from the three selected houses and to freely walk through the historic village of San Nicola, guided by its voices.
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Macchiagodena (IS)
28.06.2025
Via XI Febbraio
15:00
THE SONG CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN FULL WHEN THOSE WHO RECORDED IT COME TOGETHER TO PLAY IT AS ONE. THE WORK IS MADE OF FRAGMENTS—AN INVITATION TO POTENTIAL UNITY. IT IS UP TO THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD TO REUNITE THEM, TO MAKE IMAGINATION A PRACTICE.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Roberto Casti (Iglesias, Italy, 1992) is an artist and musician based in Milan, where he studied Painting and Visual Cultures at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. His practice spans sound, performance, video, installation, and drawing. Rather than focusing on formal coherence, his work revolves around an ongoing theoretical and interpretative investigation of reality as a space of relationships and coexistence. Since 2014, he has been part of The Boys and Kifer, a transdisciplinary collective originally founded as a fictional music band, through which he explores new forms of community-making via music, collaborating with artists, musicians, and theorists.
He has exhibited and collaborated with several institutions and art spaces, including MACRO, Rome (IT); Casa degli Artisti, Milan (IT); Museo Nivola, Orani (IT); MAN, Nuoro (IT); FRAC Corsica (FR); Marsèlleria, Milan (IT); PAV – Parco Arte Vivente, Turin (IT); OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin (IT); and Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (IT). He has published critical essays and theoretical texts in various magazines and, in 2023, took part in Soft Crash, a collective book project published by MACRO, Rome. In 2024, he participated in artist residencies at Hangar in Lisbon (PT) and CBI – Communities Between Islands, a collaborative project with Archipelago Network (Syros, GR), Providenza (Corsica, FR), and Cherimus (Sardinia, IT).
Perched on a rocky spur at over 800 meters above sea level, Macchiagodena overlooks the valley of the Biferno River and offers breathtaking views of the Mainarde Mountains and the Matese Mountains. This charming village in Molise, known as "the balcony of Molise," has its roots in the Middle Ages, when it was a fief of the Counts of Molise and later of the Di Capua family. Its Lombard castle, later transformed into a noble residence, is now the symbol of the town and hosts cultural and tourist events.
Strolling through the alleys of the historic center, visitors can breathe in an old-world atmosphere, among stone houses, ancient churches, and picturesque glimpses. The Church of San Nicola, with its fine portal and decorated interiors, preserves artworks and centuries-old religious traditions.
Macchiagodena is also a key destination for slow and sustainable tourism. Included in the route of the “Cammino di San Francesco Caracciolo,” the village attracts pilgrims and travelers drawn by unspoiled nature, silence, and authenticity. Its cultural vocation is reinforced by the project “Una panchina per i libri,” which makes the castle a place for reading and sharing.
Popular traditions come alive in the many festivals, including the centuries-old patronal feast of San Nicola and celebrations dedicated to the Madonna della Macchia. Local flavors tell the agricultural history of the land: caciocavallo, cured meats, homemade bread, and truffle-based dishes represent the local food and wine excellence.
Through craftsmanship, hospitality, and memory, Macchiagodena preserves the soul of the most authentic Molise.
Alessia Delli Rocioli (1998) is a researcher in artistic and cultural practices whose investigations take shape through curatorial projects, critical writing, and storytelling. She holds a degree in Art History, with a thesis exploring the relationship between 'poetic action and political action' in Italy during the 1970s. Over the years, she has developed a deep sensitivity toward performative acts, workshop activities, and editorial practices, collaborating as a curator and art producer with various artistic projects and museums. Since 2021, she has been the curator of Unpae, a non-profit artistic project aimed at supporting and connecting artists, curators, and researchers, fostering a free and inclusive space for discussion at the margins of the art system.