Agnese Spolverini
Per riconoscerti nel buio
La ciammarichella, la strada che i minatori percorrevano di notte per risalire la montagna e tornare ad abbateggio era illuminata dalle lanterne che, come lucciole, illuminavano il bosco
Agnese Spolverini, Per riconoscerti nel buio, 2021, Abbateggio (PE), Abruzzo. Ph. Andrea Fiordigiglio
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.
Abbateggio is a village in Abruzzo with 392 residents in the province of Pescara, which is 40km away. It stands at the base of the Montagna Madre, and is characterized by Tholos, dry stone houses used in the past as shelter for shepherds and flocks. Along with olive trees, spelt has long been the main source of local sustenance; for about twenty years, residents of Abbateggio have held an annual festival dedicated to this grain, attracting a multitude of tourists. The village has an artistic sensibility about it, since for several years it has played privileged host to extemporary painting competitions, along with being the stage for the «Parco Majella» literary prize.