Ugo Spagnuolo's 'Vuoti di Memoria' Mural in Fiano Romano

Ugo Spagnuolo (born 1964 in Rome) has created a street art mural titled 'Vuoti di Memoria' in Fiano Romano, located in an abandoned public parking lot on via dei Lavatoi. The mural depicts two monumental figures from peasant and folk iconography, a man and a woman sealing bottles of memory. The bottle serves as an ancestral symbol containing vitreous images of emptiness from which faded fragments of writings and colors emerge. The project is part of a broader initiative including a workshop by Spagnuolo at the Art Forum Wurth center in Capena, with a collective work visible until October 1. The mural was produced in collaboration with the Associazione Culturale Porto D'Arte, with scenography by Jolena Ceschel and photography by Corinto Marianelli. On September 4, the local population will participate in filling the empty spaces of the wall, reinforcing the direct relationship between artist, public, and urban space. The work reflects on memory and the present, quoting Octavio Paz: 'Memory is not what we remember, but what reminds us. Memory is a present that never stops passing.'