Petri Petri: Stories of Stone, a site-specific exhibition produced and installed by Melqart, debuts from July 18th to October 26th in the evocative setting of the underground gardens of the Garden of the Impossible on the island of Favignana (TP).
Petri Petri: Stories of Stone is a narrative, telling the stories of the last stonecutters, pirriaturi, and the principala (owners of the island's quarries).
Petri Petri: Stories of Stone is an anthropological investigation, a poetic response, a four-monitor video installation that combines interviews, original and archival footage with a newly created soundscape.
The installation bears witness to the lived experience of work, land ownership, and survival.
The interviews were conducted over 20 years ago and have never been seen publicly.
Over the course of 12 hours, the installation evolves, transforming the space into an immersive experience where sound, vision, and memory intertwine.
An archaeological dialogue between worker and landowner, Petri Petri is a testament to the lives lived and the work done in the Favignana community. As such, it is both a celebration of the dignity of labor and an acknowledgment of the great hardships endured.
Petri Petri: Stories of Stone is a narrative, telling the stories of the last stonecutters, pirriaturi, and the principala (owners of the island's quarries).
Petri Petri: Stories of Stone is an anthropological investigation, a poetic response, a four-monitor video installation that combines interviews, original and archival footage with a newly created soundscape.
The installation bears witness to the lived experience of work, land ownership, and survival.
The interviews were conducted over 20 years ago and have never been seen publicly.
Over the course of 12 hours, the installation evolves, transforming the space into an immersive experience where sound, vision, and memory intertwine.
An archaeological dialogue between worker and landowner, Petri Petri is a testament to the lives lived and the work done in the Favignana community. As such, it is both a celebration of the dignity of labor and an acknowledgment of the great hardships endured.