๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ -๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
SEPTEMBER 19 โ 20 โ 21, 2025
Castiglione dei Pepoli (BO)
Friday, September 19, 5 p.m.
Inauguration of the site-specific work Baracca
Roberto Alfano
Roberto Alfano (Lodi, 1981) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in both personal and collective memory, particularly that of the Basso Lodigiano, a region marked by fog, farmhouses, and the blurred boundaries between earth and sky. Originally emerging as a graffiti writer in the 1990s, he transformed urban gesture into a language that integrates painting, installation, ephemeral architecture, and participatory art โ a path deeply connected to lived experience and encounter with others. Art, for Alfano, becomes a means of establishing genuine relationships with people and places, shaping what he defines as generative art: a practice where human exchange is essential and the surrounding territory becomes an integral part of the creative process.
From this perspective, the baracca (hut) becomes a key element of his work. These structures, built with salvaged materials, evoke intimacy, fragility, and resilience. Inspired by the huts of his childhood, by worksite shelters, by fishermenโs sheds along the Po River, and by makeshift dwellings in Mexico and South America, these architectures become spaces of care, slowness, and listening. More than containers, the baracche are โinner housesโ that hold memories, experiences, and the possibility of rebirth, activating new forms of shared existence.
Baracca, which will be built collectively, will house a bookshop and infopoint for the duration of the Festival.
Image 1: Baracca/Casa interiore – 2023 Photo credits: Davide Sabbatini
Image 2: Baracca/Casa interiore (nยฐ3) – 2024 Photo credits: Giulia Rosco
Image 3: Miraggio Inferiore – 2022 Photo credits: Michela Pedranti