Francesco Cavaliere
La Lince D’Ombra e Pietra Sponga
Un luogo di passaggio sospeso, fuori dal tempo, le case di pietra aggrappate l’una all’altra, custode delle storie di viaggi epici di cui, ancora oggi, questo luogo rileva le tracce. Come traccia del passaggio di cavaliere, un segno alla finestra della torre di guardia: un drappo contemporaneo, quasi venisse da un altro mondo, sospeso perché́ tutti possano leggerne l’avventura
Francesco Cavaliere, La Lince D'Ombra e Pietra Sponga, 2021, Vallo di Nera (PG), Umbria. Ph. Daniele Mattioli
Francesco Cavaliere (Piombino, 1986) writes sound stories and musical compositions, often in relation to installation and scenographic elements. His works stimulate the viewer on an imaginative journey populated by ephemeral presences, phenomena generated by glass and minerals and voices recorded with analogue technologies. His works have been presented at the Triennale Teatro di Milano, HAU 2 in Berlin, BOZAR in Brussels, Issues Project Room in New York, and MOT Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, among others.
Vallo di Nera is an Umbrian village of 373 residents in the province of Perugia, which is 40km away. Named one of the Borghi più Belli d’Italia (most beautiful villages of Italy), an Orange Flag destination, Comune amico delle api (bee-friendly town), Città del tartufo (Truffle town) and Terra di racconti (Land of folk tales), Vallo’s tremendous can be seen through its numerous churches and the paintings they hold. Local monumental aesthetics take their cues from a kind of architecture that began in 1200: the houses in stone vaunt panoramic views that highlight the luxuriant nature of the surrounding landscape: woods, pastures, cultivated fields and waters of the Nera River.