Straperetana Returns to Abruzzo Mountains for Second Edition
The second edition of Straperetana, a contemporary art festival in the remote Abruzzo mountain village of Pereto, features site-specific works by over a dozen artists. The exhibition is designed without a fixed route, allowing visitors to explore installations across historic palazzi and public spaces. Works include Lorenzo Kamerlengo's neon piece 'Horizon' echoing mountain profiles, Thomas Braida's jade dragon painting, and Nicola Samorì's oil on copper 'Anulante'. At Palazzo Iannucci, Matteo Fato's post-impressionist landscape uses its transport box as an easel, Elisabetta Benassi displays a clock with bullet holes referencing Walter Benjamin, and Flavio Favelli hybridizes vases and furnishings in the kitchen. Street interventions include José Angelino's glass plates animated by wires, Francesco Alberico's chimney-like wind turbines, and a mural by Favelli reproducing a 1986 Oggi magazine cover. Calixto Ramirez repairs wall cracks with fabric, and Maria Teresa Zingarello creates a hidden golden room viewable only through a peephole, paying homage to Marcel Duchamp. The festival runs through the summer of 2018.
Key facts
- Second edition of Straperetana festival in Pereto, Abruzzo
- No fixed route for viewing artworks
- Lorenzo Kamerlengo created neon piece 'Horizon'
- Thomas Braida painted a jade dragon
- Nicola Samorì exhibited 'Anulante' oil on copper
- Matteo Fato used transport box as easel for his painting
- Elisabetta Benassi installed a clock with five bullet holes
- Flavio Favelli created a mural of a 1986 Oggi magazine cover
- Calixto Ramirez repaired wall cracks with fabric
- Maria Teresa Zingarello's hidden room visible through peephole
Entities
Artists
- Lorenzo Kamerlengo
- Thomas Braida
- Nicola Samorì
- Corinna Gosmaro
- Michela de Mattei
- Matteo Fato
- Elisabetta Benassi
- Lupo Borgonovo
- Flavio Favelli
- Roberto Fassone
- Sissi
- Valerio Nicolai
- José Angelino
- Francesco Alberico
- Calixto Ramirez
- Maria Teresa Zingarello
- Marcel Duchamp
- Walter Benjamin
- Giorgia Basili
- Francis Alÿs
- Federica Belli
- Nina Carini
- Giorgio Cesarini
- Davide D'Elia
- Hamish Fulton
- Agostino Iacurci
- Giovanni Kronenberg
- Gaia Liberatore
- Davide Mariani
- Numero Cromatico
- Anastasiya Parvanova
- Salvo
- Tarin
- Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Nico Vascellari
- María Ángeles Vila Tortosa
- Paola Capata
- Delfo Durante
- Annalisa Inzana
- Saverio Verini
- Gabriele Silli
- Floating Beauty
- Carol Rama
- Enzo Cucchi
- Giuditta Branconi
- Giacomo Alberico
- Francesca Banchelli
- Luca De Angelis
- Andrea Di Cesare
- Daniele Di Girolamo
- Luca Francesconi
- Oscar Giaconia
- Francesca Grilli
- Sacha Kanah
- Claudia Losi
- Giulia Mangoni
- Edoardo Manzoni
- Paride Petrei
- Giulia Poppi
- Andrea Respino
- Moira Ricci
- Giuliano Sale
- Andrea Salvino
- Giovanni Termini
- Mark Fisher
- H. P. Lovecraft
- David Lynch
- Stanley Kubrick
- Philip K. Dick
- Margaret Atwood
- The Strokes
- Calixto Ramírez
- Fondazione Malutta
- Raffaele Fiorella
- Mattia Pajè
- Alfredo Pirri
- Francesco Arena
- Simone Camerlengo
- Claudia Colasanti
- Gaia Alari
- Diana Anselmo
- Stefano Arienti
- Odonchimeg Davaadorj
- Tomaso De Luca
- Alessandra Di Mizio
- Claudia Ferri
- Sabrina Iezzi
- Ketty La Rocca
- Antonio Leone
- Marzia Migliora
- MP5
- Giovanni Ozzola
- Alberto Podio
- Vedovamazzei
- Simeone Crispino
- Stella Scala
- Fabio Giorgi Alberti
- Calixto Ramírez Correa
- Leonardo Petrucci
- Ginevra Bria
Institutions
- Straperetana
- Palazzo Maccafani
- Palazzo Iannucci
- Fondazione Malutta
- Artribune
- Castello di Pereto
- Accademia di Belle Arti de L'Aquila
- Monitor
- Galleria Monitor
- Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila
- Gran Palazzo
- Isisuf – Istituto Internazionale di Studi sul Futurismo di Milano
Locations
- Pereto
- Abruzzo
- Italy
- Monte Fontecellese
- Bilbao
- Rotterdam
- L'Aquila
- Casa del Prete
- Palazzo Maccafani
- Palazzo Iannucci
- Bergamo
- Asola
- Alessandria
- Verona
- Torino
- Pescara
- Chieti
- Palermo
- Mongolia
- Caserta
- Firenze
- Turano valley
- Lazio
- United States
- Rome