Loris Cecchini's Waterbones joins Santa Sofia sculpture park in Emilia Romagna

The sculpture park in Santa Sofia, Emilia Romagna, has added a new work by Loris Cecchini titled Waterbones, to be unveiled on October 27 at Parco della Resistenza as part of the 64th edition of the Premio Campigna. The park was founded in 1992 by Renato Barilli, Fabio Cavallucci, and Claudio Spadoni, featuring site-specific works by international artists along the Bidente river. The Premio Campigna, originally a prize for plein air painters in the 1950s, was relaunched in the 1990s alongside the sculpture park. Other artists in the park include Mauro Staccioli, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Sissi, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Chiara Pergola, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Giulio De Mitri, Cuoghi Corsello, Giuseppe Maraniello, Flavio Favelli, Eliseo Mattiacci, Nicola Carrino, Luigi Mainolfi, and Francesco Somaini. Waterbones is a modular sculpture installed on a hackberry tree, exploring interconnections with the natural environment.