Ballasanti’s Of Earth and Art project was established to cultivate the profound relationship between art and nature, a bond rooted in the history of art itself. The project’s concept is that artists will leave their oft-evolving impression on an ever-changing landscape.

The project takes its inspiration from many sources, from the historic Land Art movement to more recent art parks, to the essential questions posed by the short story The Man who Planted Trees by Jean Giono: a pretext for asking ourselves: how will we leave the world and who will come after us? What does the word community mean? How can we feel close to those we do not know?

A project where place itself is the protagonist, not a mere picture frame but a space in which the artist allows nature to shape and complete their work. The works of art we shall present stem from a desire to evoke wonder, to explore poetic visions and materials where nature and art interact, to create and transform. An open-air exhibition, where works of art are made with material belonging to the environment: stones, leaves, branches, logs, trees and objects from the surrounding landscape, involving local craftspeople and artisans.