Visioni da Altrove / Visioni dal Futuro is a double exhibition that weaves together design, research, and imagination to explore new ways of engaging with the rural landscape. The exhibition is part of the project Il Paesaggio che sono io, active within the context of the Parco Agricolo dei Paduli, in the municipalities of San Cassiano and Botrugno, and features the work of students from the Master’s Program in Design NOMAD at MADE Program – Accademia di Belle Arti “Rosario Gagliardi” in Siracusa.
The two sections act as complementary lenses: the first, Visioni da Altrove, presents six national and international case studies that explore best practices in rural territory regeneration. Through architectural projects, ecological devices, and community infrastructures, it highlights the importance of vernacular knowledge and participatory processes in creating new models of sustainable coexistence, where the landscape becomes an active protagonist rather than a mere backdrop.
The second, Visioni dal Futuro, invites viewers to imagine the Parco dei Paduli in the year 2055. The installations, made from olive wood affected by the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium, depict possible scenarios with irony and poetry—shaped both by the climate crisis and the resilience of local communities. Imaginary objects, alternative uses of space, and collective rituals serve as tools to rethink our relationship with the territory and foster new forms of coexistence.
The exhibition path thus moves between reality and imagination, offering the public an open invitation to reflection, responsibility, and shared care for the landscapes we inhabit.
This project was realized within the framework of PNRR – M1C3, Investment 2.1 “Attractiveness of historic villages”, as a Local Project for Cultural and Social Regeneration (PNRR – M1C3, Investimento 2.1 “Attrattività dei borghi storici”, come Progetto Locale di Rigenerazione Culturale e Sociale).
Partners
ABITARE I PADULI APS
MANES APS
MAGNOLIA Soc. Coop. Sociale
Initiative promoted by the municipalities of San Cassiano and Botrugno (LE)
Technical and production support
FOINIKOS S.R.L., San Cassiano (LE)
Progetto Tàccaru – impresa individuale per il recupero del legno d’ulivo di Lapo Pignatelli, Poggiardo (LE)
SG INFISSI S.a.s. di Stincone Graziano & C., Nociglia (LE)
Schizoid Printer, Nociglia (LE)
