Windows onto a wounded world open in Sovicille’s historic center
Fractures – Between Two Silences is the title of the exhibition presented as part of the Siena Photo Awards festival. The project belongs to an exhibition format that each year unfolds throughout the village of Sovicille. In this edition, the format transforms the town into a place of encounter between two silences.
On one side lies the suspended and harmonious silence of its ancient stones, arches, and doors sealed by time; on the other, the silence that envelops landscapes marked by war. In this unexpected dialogue, places far apart geographically reveal a profound closeness on a human level. Closed doors, bricked-up windows, and arches that were once passages and openings become surfaces of vision.
On these sealed thresholds appear images of places shaped by conflict: vulnerable architectures, interrupted spaces, and streets that still bear the traces of a broken balance. Spaces that once held everyday life are now suspended in a different stillness, one marked by absence.
Alongside the calm harmony of Sovicille — made of slow rhythms, shadows drifting across façades, and stone that carries centuries of history — another silence emerges. Not the silence of continuity, but the one that follows the roar, when houses are no longer shelters but exposed memories. The installation does not invade the space of the village; it moves through it with discretion, transforming closed architectural elements into symbolic windows onto wounded landscapes. Walls that here protect and preserve become frames for images reflecting on the vulnerability and fragility of both urban and human fabric.
The exhibition does not superimpose two realities; it places them in relation. In the contrast between the stability of Tuscan stone and the precariousness of places elsewhere that have been compromised, a reflection emerges on the meaning of home, community, and memory. Each image becomes a threshold, inviting viewers to pause and to bridge — with their gaze and their awareness — the distance between here and elsewhere.
In the dialogue between these two silences, the exhibition questions our present and invites us to recognize, even within apparent quietness, the traces of a shared humanity.
Sovicille, an enchanting village located just ten kilometers from Siena, is the perfect venue for this open-air exhibition.
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Period: October 10th – November 29th 2026
Location: historic center of Sovicille
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