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Art residency and gallery in the semi-abandoned village of Civitacampomarano 🇮🇹
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“Every time a door closes, a bigger door opens.”

Painted in Civita Campomarano, Molise, Italy for @cvtastreetfest 

Written in the local dialect, the phrase frames an ending as a new start. a small tribute to memories held within the village.

The vases and teapots reference local traditions of craft and pottery. Their fragility adds to their meaning, the culture and collective knowledge of the town get passed down through hand crafted rituals.

At the centre, a couple embraces between two doors. Around them, variations of the same figures suggest the idea of love an ancient gesture repeated across different lives.

The recurring grandmothers, blowing kisses and knocking on doors, turn affection into a kind of inheritance, a love letter to the small gestures carrying knowledge forward.
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LA NUOVA CLASSE
Artistic residence for @cvtastreetfest

In Civitacampomarano, a faded inscription still survises: "W LA NUOVA CLASSE 1926" - Italian for "LONG LIVE THE NEW CLASS OF 1926". It was painted by a group of young men during the medical examinations for military conscription, as this small village was home to the facility where military medical assestments were carried out. The inscription has remained untouched for nearly a century.

The year 1926 carries profound historical significance. 100 years ago, it marked the birth of the generation shaped first by the education and propaganda of the Fascist regime, and later by the rupture of the war. Many of these young people were called up for military service while still in their teens, forced to leave their homeland, while other peoples joined the Resistance. Those who painted that message likely looked toward the future with hope, yet also with the uncertainty and fear for what lay ahead.

The new inscription "W LA NUOVA CLASSE DEL 2026", faithfully reproduces the original in its lettering, scale and technique. By mirroring the earlier work, it estabilishes a dialogue between two generations born a century apart - generations that inherited profound vision of the future.

If 100 years ago, a wall could become a space for expressing collective identity and beloging, then today, in an increasingly digital world, where are the places, gestures and values through which a generation recognizes itself?

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