Press Conference: Saturday, June 28, at 10:30 am, Municipality of Tarzo, Via Roma 42, Tarzo (TV)
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Opening: Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 6:30 pm, Via Roma 42, Tarzo (TV)
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Starting from the opening day, during the summer months, workshop sessions with the artist will be organized and open to all citizens, where the inhabitants of Tarzo and its hamlets can leave their written contributions, which will become part of the artwork.
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Discover the map hereㅤ
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Click here to download the invitation and press kit.
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Pietra Comune is a large-scale sculpture inspired by the archetypal shape of a boulder. It emerges as a collective synthesis, reflecting the layered identity of a place composed of diverse landscapes. Its surface gathers fragments from the various hamlets of the municipality: casts of walls, architectural details, and emotional textures chosen by local residents. The artist invites the local community to contribute to the creation of a time capsule: through a series of workshops, intimate testimonies of life in Tarzo during the making of the work have been collected to be preserved inside the sculpture.
At the end of Una Boccata d’Arte, the sculpture will be sealed, becoming a tangible record of a collective process rooted in a specific time and place — an accumulation suspended between memory, nature, and the future
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Artwork:
01. Giacomo Gerboni, Pietra Comune, 2025, iron, variable dimensions.
Via Roma, 42, Tarzo (TV)ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Tarzo (TV)
29.06.2025
Via Roma, 42
08:30
"PIETRA COMUNE" IS A CONTEMPORARY MENHIR, AN INCORRUPTIBLE THRESHOLD OF THE PRESENT TIME. AN ARTIFICIAL FOSSIL THAT HOLDS INTIMATE TRACES OF THE INHABITANTS, IT IS CLAD WITH SURFACES FROM THE SEVEN HAMLETS OF TARZO: A MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVE AND AN ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF THE TERRITORY AND THE LIVES THAT INHABIT IT.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
Giacomo Gerboni (Parma, Italy, 1990) lives and works in Parma. He graduated in Decoration – Art and Environment from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna (2013) and in Visual Arts from IUAV University of Venice (2018). He took part in the Erasmus+ programme at the Alonso Cano Faculty of Fine Arts in Granada (2011–2012) and held a studio at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzo Carminati, in Venice (2017–2018).
His artistic practice explores the encounter with others as a space for generating shared creative processes. He is interested in the invisible dimension of reality and in both individual and collective dynamics that foster a deeper awareness of self and the world.
Since 2021, he has been leading visual arts workshops for people with mental health vulnerabilities, working with organizations such as La Polveriera in Reggio Emilia, Artetipi in Parma and, since 2022, RICREDO. With RICREDO, he runs workshops in the psychiatric ward of Parma’s hospital and in other studios across the province, in collaboration with the local health authority (AUSL).
In 2024, he extended his activities to schools and co-founded Le stanze della giostra di Lando, an artist residency developed with RICREDO. The project welcomes artists from across Italy to lead visual arts workshops for young people and individuals with fragile conditions in Parma.
Tarzo is a town in the Alta Marca Trevigiana, in the heart of the UNESCO site “Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene.” The area includes the main town and five hamlets—Corbanese, Arfanta, Fratta, Colmaggiore, and Nogarolo—each with its own unique character. In recent years, Tarzo has seen growing tourism, thanks to its scenic landscape: the ciglioni, mosaic vineyards typical of the UNESCO site, and the San Giorgio and Santa Maria lakes.Inhabited since the Neolithic era, as shown by findings at the Colmaggiore archaeological site, Tarzo experienced various dominations, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Longobardi and the Ducato di Ceneda. From 962, local bishops held the title of Counts of Tarzo until 1769, when the area came under the Venice Republic.Today, Tarzo is known for its Prosecco and vibrant cultural scene, with initiatives like the Via dei Murales, the “Contea di Ceneda e Tarzo” award, I Cortili dell’Arte, and COR. Spazi Pubblici Palpitanti.
Giovanni Giacomo Paolin (Dolo, 1989) is an independent curator. He recently collaborated with Fondazione In Between Art Film (Rome), Autostrada Biennale (Prizren), and Fondazione Carraro (Padua).
Sara Maggioni (Bergamo, 2000) is a contemporary art producer and assistant to artists Bêka & Lemoine. She collaborates with We Are Here Venice and the cultural association Microclima (both in Venice).
Together, they co-curated Lucia Cantò’s solo exhibition Stelle che sorreggono altre stelle in 2023 at Fondazione Elpis, following their collaboration on her intervention in Malamocco (Venice) for Una Boccata d’Arte in 2022. Since 2023, they also co-manage the independent art space Panorama (Venice).