Here and not elsewhere

Men’s action, Here and not elsewhere. The performance was displayed in the villages of Latronico, San Severino Lucano, Senise, Francavilla sul Sinni, San Paolo Albanese and Episcopia, involving citizens, students and a large group of embroideresses. Everyone was asked to tell a personal memory linked to this vast area in the Apennines, and provide pictures, drawings, photographs or other kinds of material. Out of this documentary material, the artist made some drawings and then transferred them onto fabrics, which were entrusted to the artisan wisdom of a group of women from Latronico.

They were asked by the artist to embroider the fabrics, add small pieces and create cushion structures to secure them. This collective operation first took place in Latronico, with the involvement of the embroideresses and all the citizens. Then, it was carried out during a final presentation in Senise, when participants were asked to fit the various embroidered and cushioned pieces into a single three-dimensional shape, – a hill or a cairn, that is a human-made pile of stones used as trail marker along a mountain path. Not elsewhere. Here.