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July 5th
5:30 PM
Soft Creatures – Workshop led by Francesca Rinaldi
in collaboration with Arvaia – Agricultural Cooperative Society
Via Olmetola 16, Casteldebole

The workshop will begin with Francesca Rinaldi’s artistic practice and an exploration of the Arvaia ecosystem from a fantastical and imaginative perspective.

The session will open with a multi-voice reading of a fantastical tale, which will serve as a visual prompt for creating images and elements that each participant will sculpt onto clay tiles. But not before a walk through the Arvaia fields, where participants will gather organic materials essential to the creative process.
Once everyone has created their own tile, the drying process will begin. A small aperitif will follow, after which, those who wish can contribute to a collective mosaic composition that will remain at Arvaia.

Francesca Rinaldi’s artistic practice, developed during her residency at Parsec, is rooted in observing and studying the organic world and all that is infused with life and capable of transformation. Focusing on the shapes of elements—especially the smallest ones—she uncovers new worlds where wonder and monstrosity blend together. The material she uses—mainly clay—is, for her, a living organism: a rebellious body that transcends the boundaries of what it can or should be, defying its socially determined destiny. This body is made of vibrant matter that breaks through imposed forms in order to cooperate with other matter, constantly generating something new.

The workshop is free.

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Francesca Rinaldi trained in Naples, where she graduated in Painting in 2022. She is currently enrolled in the Painting-Visual Arts master’s program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. She mainly works with sculpture and drawing.
In 2023, she took part in the Keramikos exhibition at Car Gallery. In 2024, her ceramics were included in Interferenze at Sof:Art. That same year, she participated in the group show Kaugummi im Motherboard 2.0 at Erratum Gallery in Berlin. Her research begins with the observation and study of the organic world, focusing on all that is imbued with life and the ability to transform. These elements make up the body of her work—an organism of vibrant matter that seeks to break the codes of what it can or should be, thereby redefining the roles between all living beings.