Press conference: Thursday, June 26 at 6.30 pm, Rocca Sforzesca of Bagnara di Romagna, Piazza IV Novembre, 3 – Bagnara di Romagna (RA)ㅤ
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Opening: Saturday 28.06.2025, h 7.30 pm, Rocca Sforzesca di Bagnara di Romagna, Piazza IV Novembre, 3.
Performance e passeggiata collettiva con destinzione Prati di Sant'Andrea, Via Lunga 2, Bagnara di Romagna (RA)
L'inaugurazione prevede una performance e passeggiata collettiva fino ai Prati di Sant’Andrea (Via Lunga 2). La performance sarà realizzata in collaborazione con il musicista Luis Pestana.
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For the sixth edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, Vica Pacheco presents a site-specific sound installation at the Prati di Sant’Andrea, an ecologically protected area in Bagnara di Romagna. The work features ceramic musical instruments activated by the public: a series of bells inspired by Occhi della Madonna (Madonna’s Eyes) flowers, a gramophone, and a family of sound-producing frogs. The installation reflects on the area's amphibious landscape and encourages attentive listening in dialogue with local flora and fauna. A secular procession leads visitors from the town to the meadow, transforming the audience into a collective sonic body. The gesture draws inspiration from the calendas of Oaxaca, the artist’s homeland, and is conceived as a symbolic ritual of reconnection with the land. The sculptures were crafted in collaboration with the artisanal workshop Sottosasso, following research into the ceramic tradition of Faenza.
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Artworks:
01. Vica Pacheco, Trompa de Flor, 2025, ceramic, 33 x 23 x 23 cm.
Prati di Sant'Andrea, Via Lunga 2, Bagnara di Romagna (RA)
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02. Vica Pacheco, Rana Güiro, 2025, ceramic, 30x20x15 cm
Prati di Sant'Andrea, Via Lunga 2, Bagnara di Romagna (RA)
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03. Vica Pacheco, Rana Güiro, 2025, ceramic, 25 elements, 8,7 x 6,1 x 5,8 cm cad.
The 25 editions of Rana Güiro are placed in 25 symbolic locations throughout the village — we invite you to discover them.
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04. Vica Pacheco, Campanas Occhi della Madonna, 2025, porcelain, variable dimensions.
Prati di Sant'Andrea, Via Lunga 2, Bagnara di Romagna (RA)
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Bagnara di Romagna (RA)
28.06.2025
Rocca Sforzesca di Bagnara di Romagna, Piazza IV Novembre, 3
17:30
AN OPEN-AIR SOUND INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE, WHERE FROGS, VOICES, AND CERAMICS ECHO THROUGH ANCIENT RUINS, INVITING A COLLECTIVE RECONNECTION WITH WATER, MEMORY, AND THE CYCLICAL RHYTHMS OF THE LAND.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Vica Pacheco (Oaxaca, Mexico, 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels. Her practice moves between experimental music, sound composition, ceramics, and 3D animation, with an eclectic and energetic approach.
Her work explores mythological hybridizations and interactions between the human and non-human, blending pre-Hispanic traditions, archaic forms, and contemporary technologies in a syncretic way, together with heterogeneous elements, to create immersive sound performances and installations.
She studied at La Esmeralda in Mexico City and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Villa Arson in France in 2017. Her work has been presented and exhibited internationally at numerous festivals, galleries, and institutions.
A fine example of a medieval castrum, Bagnara di Romagna boasts a charming historic center, entirely enclosed by 15th-century walls, complete with an entrance tower and five small bastions. The symbol of the town is the Rocca Sforzesca, which still conveys the atmosphere of its time.Today, the Rocca houses the Castle Museum, whose archaeological section traces the area’s history from the Bronze Age to the Roman era and into the Middle Ages—represented by the important archaeological site of Prati di Sant’Andrea, a key part of Bagnara’s original settlement.Facing the fortress stands the Archpriest Church of Saints Giovanni and Andrea, dating back to the 15th century. It preserves valuable works, including the terracotta Madonna del Pubblico Voto, the baptismal font, a 15th-century tabernacle, and an 18th-century organ.The adjacent rectory hosts two museum collections: the Parish Museum of Sacred Art, which houses a precious 16th-century altarpiece by Innocenzo da Imola, a wooden crucifix from the school of Donatello, and a notable collection of devotional ceramics; and the Pietro Mascagni Museum, which preserves memorabilia of the famous composer, donated by Bagnara-born chorister Anna Lolli.Just a few kilometers from the town center stands the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Soccorso, designed by Cosimo Morelli in 1770.
Sofia Baldi Pighi (1995) is an Italian curator based in Milan and Malta.
Since 2017, she has organized contemporary art exhibitions, public programs, and art therapy workshops for several public and private institutions.
She was the Artistic Director and Head Curator of the Malta Biennale 2024, Insulaphilia. She was part of the Curatorial Team of the Italian Pavilion at the 14th Gwangju Biennale, Republic of Korea. She is the co-artistic Director of the project Prospettive 2025.
She is a member of IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art and Art Workers Italia.
For Una Boccata d'Arte, she curated the projects of Raghad Saqfalhait in Travo (2023) and Sóley Ragnarsdóttir in Berceto (2024), in Emilia-Romagna.