Mare Dentro

The design of the exhibition stems from a subtle and abstract interpretation of the Adriatic Sea, which is the subject investigated by the photographic works on display. A blue and silver sea with flickering waves on which "the stars pass and the wind breathes", as described by the poet Giovanni Pascoli; a "small port open to dreams", as narrated by Umberto Saba; a place that, from the post-war period until today, seeks a difficult balance between its exquisitely scenic nature and its receptive development built along horizontal axes. On the one hand, the Adriatic Sea is that metaphysical place captured with great sensitivity by Mario Giacomelli in his series "The sea": an undisturbed shoreline "without the scent of sun cream and sound of splashing in the shallows. The beach is ensconced in out-of-season silence". On the other hand, the architectures of hotels and guest houses built to overlook the sea: concrete envelopes of rooms with a view on the sea that have defined a precise tourist identity of the Adriatic city and that, still after seventy years, embody the desire for summer escape for families and tourists.

The exhibition design plays with this duality, looking for an abstract interpretation that blends the beauty of the seascape with the "pop" soul that has characterized the Adriatic coast for decades. Blue lights, silver reflections, thin white surfaces and a sea of confetti elegantly invade the spaces of the Rocca, creating a suggestive exhibition that immerses the visitor in an unexpected dreamlike and hedonistic world.