Bocca di Valle, Majella National Park (Italy), 2025
Julie Hrnčířová and Barbora Gábová
From 30 September to 8 October 2025, Barbora Gábová and I were artists in residence at Bocca di Valle, in Abruzzo. The house stands in the Vesola Valley of the Majella National Park. It was designed by Pierluigi Romeo in the early 1970s, and the residency is run by Silvia Bianchi and Luca Spinogatti.
Stone defines this landscape: it shapes the mountains and riverbeds, it builds the villages, paths and walls, and it carries the region’s long history.
We chose to work with the qualities of stone: its weight, its sound, the imprint it leaves, and what it stands for in this landscape. We recorded the sounds stones make when they are knocked together, dropped or moved. We made paper by hand and pressed stones into the wet pulp. Once dry, the paper kept its shape and texture as relief. We built sculptures and small installations from stones, found objects and recycled materials collected in the area. At the end of the residency, we showed the work in an exhibition and invited local people to a community dinner.
The work includes paper reliefs and prints, sculptural objects, textile works, sound recordings, video and photography.
Bocca di Valle, Majella National Park (Italy), 2025
Julie Hrnčířová and Barbora Gábová
From 30 September to 8 October 2025, Barbora Gábová and I were artists in residence at Bocca di Valle, in Abruzzo. The house stands in the Vesola Valley of the Majella National Park. It was designed by Pierluigi Romeo in the early 1970s, and the residency is run by Silvia Bianchi and Luca Spinogatti.
Stone defines this landscape: it shapes the mountains and riverbeds, it builds the villages, paths and walls, and it carries the region’s long history.
We chose to work with the qualities of stone: its weight, its sound, the imprint it leaves, and what it stands for in this landscape. We recorded the sounds stones make when they are knocked together, dropped or moved. We made paper by hand and pressed stones into the wet pulp. Once dry, the paper kept its shape and texture as relief. We built sculptures and small installations from stones, found objects and recycled materials collected in the area. At the end of the residency, we showed the work in an exhibition and invited local people to a community dinner.
The work includes paper reliefs and prints, sculptural objects, textile works, sound recordings, video and photography.