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Image by Marco Mazzi
Cosmologia portatile – Portable Cosmology is a solo exhibition by Alessandro De Francesco which took place at the Villa Rondinelli art space in Fiesole, Italy, in September 2026. The show was
curated by Marco Mazzi.
The event featured a new sculptural piece realised with stones found by the
artist during two trips to North Yorkshire, accompanied by a
lecture-performance by the artist himself, which reflected upon sculpture and artistic practice as a form of agency by the environment. The trips were themselves conceived as part of the exhibition and documented as such.
Two other main
pieces were presented: an immersive and interactive text-based
installation in Mixed Reality with wireless motion tracking and a sound
installation with digitally processed spoken voice, both featuring a
poem written by the artist during his travels to the
UK.
The exhibition also featured a video installation in loop with a film shot during the artist's trips to North Yorkshire and a large format photo on the wall, taken by the artist himself during one of his trips and produced by Villa Rondinelli.
In the garden, the artist installed several conceptual sculptures made with clay, modeling paste, elastic bands, and rescue blankets, which created a narrative counterpart to the stones installed inside the exhibition space.
Some of the
artist's books were also conceived of as an integral part of the show
and exhibited as such.
Image by Marco Mazzi
Image by Marco Mazzi
Image by Alessandro De Francesco (screen simulation of the VR/MR poetry environment)
Image by Marco Mazzi
Image by Marco Mazzi
Image by Marco Mazzi
Images by Alessandro De Francesco from field research in North Yorkshire:
