In August 2025, the "Il Casale sul Lago" artistic residency program was held, under the artistic direction of the Cuore dei Confine association. Five artists from different Italian regions were invited to work closely with the local community, then present their artistic interventions within the tourist hub.
In the initial exploration of the area, the artists were guided to discover both the historical and artistic features of Barrea, its urban fabric, its millennial history, and its environmental features such as flora and fauna, as well as some particularly significant trails in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.
This was followed by the design of visual works, which took into account the artistic expressions of each artist and the peculiarities of the territory, finalizing this research towards the production of works capable of creating a "soul" for the interiors of the tourist hub.
The artworks were then installed in dedicated spaces within the structure, with the aim of offering visitors an emotional experience, the result of a close combination of artistic languages, local knowledge, and site-specific visual processing.GLI ARTISTI
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She conducted a photo shoot on her experience during the residency, portraying her fellow workers and integrating them into the surrounding environment, in a sort of reflection on sociality and its many facets. Her photographic work is titled "The Farmhouse on the Lake."
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He focused on a current event: the repopulation of deer in the 1970s, which had previously disappeared due to poaching. With his work, the artist encourages us to consider all animal species on a single level, exploring the concept of anti-speciesism. The work is titled "I, I am Oreste."
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He worked in relation to the surrounding environment, proposing a reflection on the poetic aspects of reality, integrating clouds and the elements as primary factors. He created two works: one in engraved stone, titled Nubivagare_1; the other, using hemp ropes on wood, titled Nubivagare_2.
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He has created a work that fuses his creative universe with the location. Terracotta pieces, mostly lightweight elements in space, cover a stone wall of the Casale and seem to suggest a reflection on lightness. The installation is titled Weighing Lightness.
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He worked on a terracotta and plaster installation mounted on a stone wall. The artist created an intervention on willow trees, crab apple trees, blackthorn plants, and wild carrot plants: typical species of the lake area. The aim was to integrate nature into the architecture of the tourist hub. The work is titled Passaggio (Passage).
