In Per riconoscerti nel buio there are many stories; all interconnected. There is the story of a mine, there are the stories of many forgotten workers, there is the dark matter, bitumen, which on this occasion revives the streets of the center of Abbateggio; and finally, there is the soul of a kind ghost, Vincenzo Di Paolo, who accompanies us in the discovery of an unknown and hostile place, which, although it seems to be a place with few inhabitants, it is linked to a collective history, rooted in the past but it also speaks to us of our present.
Along the central street of the village, the latex castings evoke the bitumen flows of the mines and mark a path that is to be followed.
Going down towards the historic center, at the intersection of Via del Carmine and Via Breda, a round arch overlooks the landscape, directing the gaze towards the area that houses the mines. In the arch, darkness and light meet, the quote that crowns the arch refers to the feeling of solidarity that existed among the workers: it is an invitation, as the writing says, to recognize the other in the dark, just like how out of necessity they found themselves working as miners.
The Ciammarichella, the road that miners traveled at night to go up the mountain and return to Abbateggio, was strewn with lanterns, fireflies that illuminate the forest. At the end of the journey an artificial passage, in the shape of a tunnel, transports you into the penumbra, but, as on a summer night, you find yourself surrounded by a starry sky.

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Permanent works:

Agnese Spolverini, Per riconoscerti nel buio, 2021, nstallation, alluminium, forex, led; 210 x 170 x 140 cm.

Abbateggio (PE), Abruzzo

Agnese Spolverini (Viterbo, 1994) realize a site-specific work in the village of Abbateggio, in Abruzzo. Her work is based on a continuous game of displacement in respect to the objects of the world with which she relates. A sphere of emotions – with its complexity, confusion and fluidity – always acts as a vector of meanings in her installations. Graduated from the Fine Art Academy in Urbino, in 2020 she participated in «Supercall» in Pietrasanta, and in the 11th edition of the Combat Prize in Livorno, where she won the Artracker prize.