Visual art exhibition at Fontanone

Collective art exhibition curated by Filippo Maestroni
Artistic director Veronica Bassani

Inside display: Massimiliano Fabbri, Arianna Zama. Dario Molinaro, Ilaria Piccirillo Outside installation: Alessandro Turoni

From 8.30 pm on, concert by Ottone Pesante and typical local wines by Il Teatro from Modigliana.

On WAM! Festival 2023, Fatti d’arte organized an exhibition at Fontanone in Faenza that refers to the exhibition and urban regeneration project Summer perspective for Fontanone, an artistic project designed to reconnect people to their territory and to the dreamlike evocations linked to the area of Romagna.

The exhibition will be presented in three different places that make up the structure of Fontanone: the roundabout with its monumental sculpture, a mystical presence to welcome wayfarers, memory of sphinxes and basilisks, protectors of passages and treasures, creators of existential puzzles for the continuation of the journey of life.

In the entrance room there will be an exhibition of works dedicated to the myths and legends of Romagna and its surroundings, accompanied by stratagems and tricks to protect its inhabitants from savage creatures.

Finally, thanks to a performance/social experiment that will take place in the internal garden, participants will be able to experience a return to the origins of an ancient arcane Romagna in person and in a playful way, in addition to music, wines and vegetarian food.

CONTEXT: A summer perspective for Fontanone 2023 is a festival of exhibitions by artists from the area but not only, which will take place during the summer months of June, July, August and will end at the beginning of September with Made In Italy. For the second year, the project will reach its climax thanks to the installation by Alessandro Turoni during WAM! Festival 2023.

LOCATION: The perspective or Fontanone, as it is commonly called by the people of Faenza, constitutes the architectural setting at the end of one of the most important avenues of the city, the Stradone. The general layout of Viale Stradone dates to 1816. It remained until the middle of the last century as a bumpy track in clay court with Ailanthus trees.

The current arrangement, with the central roadway raised from the two side avenues regularly planted with plane trees, dates to 1860. The perspective was built in the summer of 1824, on the site where there was already a reservoir of water from the ancient aqueduct, using one of the two winning projects, under the construction supervision of Pietro Tomba. The works were carried out by the companies of the two master builders Paolo Fattori and Gaetano Petronici. The perspective had inside a Kaffeehaus-type room for coffee and soft drinks. It was frequented on holidays and summer afternoons as a meeting point for aristocracy and upper middle-class families, who exhibited their most luxurious carriages, leaving from Porta Imolese to return from Porta Montanara crossing the main square.

GOALS: enhancing the artistic and cultural heritage of Faenza through exhibitions and events and contamination between various types of art: visual art, music, installations, etc. with outstanding guests and networking through collaborations between local associations. We brought together artists, guests and important personalities who oversee artistic associations and venues, museums and poles of interest. The aim is bringing a young audience closer to art and culture through the intergenerational exchange of knowledge.

Who we are – Associazione Fatti d’Arte (fattidarteassociazione.it)