Raffaela Naldi Rossano
SERPENTINA. Per un mūsēum senza tempo
Partendo da una lettera dal carcere di Gramsci sul Gongilo esploro l'archetipo del serpente in chiave a-temporale attraverso un’installazione di video e sculture che mette a confronto la sacralità della natura con la comunità di Belvì, le conoscenze orali e scientifiche nell'intento di riattivare un Museo di Scienze Naturali come contenitore di nuove narrative.
Raffaela Naldi Rossano, SERPENTINA. Per un mūsēum senza tempo, Belvì (NU), Sardegna. Ph. Gianluca Muscas
Raffaela Naldi Rossano (Naples, 1990) lives and works between Naples and Athens; she graduated in 2016 from Goldsmiths College, London. Her latest film WARP, 2022, part of the research Partenope, was presented at LIAF - Lofoten International Art Festival (NO, 2022), curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, and at Cinema Galleggiante in Venice, curated by TBA21 Academy and Barbara Casavecchia. In 2020 she participated in the Quadriennale in Rome and recent solo exhibitions include: Undomesticated Voices, double solo show with Lara Damaso, Istituto Svizzero, Milan (IT, 2022); How She Spins, Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels (BE, 2022); I Confess, curated by Chus Martinez, der TANK, Basel (CH, 2019); Partenope, Aetopoulos, Athens (GR, 2019). Group exhibitions included: Spettri, Madre, Naples (IT, 2022); Utopia Distopia: il mito del progresso partendo dal Sud, Madre, Naples (IT, 2021); There is no time to enjoy the sun, Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples (IT, 2021); Onde tra noi, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene (IT, 2020);Fare Deculturalizzazione, Museion, Bolzano (IT, 2019); Che i ponti brucino, Manifesta, Palermo (IT, 2018).
Belvì is a municipality with a population of around 600 people, located in the province of Nuoro, in the centreof the mountainous Barbagiaregion. It is on the slopes of the Gennargentu massif, along Mount Genna deCrobu, where Mount Pitz'e Pranu is a dominant landscape feature, a limestone outcrop that is part of the SCI natural oasis ‘Su de Maccioni-Texile di Aritzo’. Even though it is a small village that has never exceeded 1,000inhabitants, in the past it was the hub of the economy of the entire Barbagia region, partly due to the presence of the railway station. Despite local efforts to combat social vulnerabilities, consolidate a sense of belonging and encourage economic development towards a perspective of comprehensive protection and sustainability, the town of Belvì–like many Sardinian municipalities–suffers from a demographic crisis, symptomatic of isolation, inadequate infrastructure and unemployment. Local traditions and the area's human, natural, artistic and cultural heritage make this village, surrounded by thick forests of oaks, holm oaks, holly and hazelnut trees, quite unique. The neighbouring Valle de S'I scaravalley has a wealth of orchards, rare tree species, centuries-old walnut trees and beautiful views. The Museum of Natural Science in Belvì displays the remarkable variety of fauna, and also has collections of minerals and fossils. Just outside the village are numerous Domus de Janas, prehistoric rock-hewn tombs typical of pre-Nuragic Sardinia, where tools and ceramics have been discovered dating from between the Neolithic and Ancient Roman periods.