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City Hall - Courtyard, Cetona (Siena) 2025
itinerary of the Museo Civico
per la Preistoria del Monte Cetona
art installation created on the occasion of the 77th HUMAN RIGHTS DAY December 10 2025
Dec 10 2025 - Jan 18 2026
fabrics, pvc, red elastic strap, copper and iron threads, robe and stones
15¾(width)x34½(length)x39½(h) ft
PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
photos by Franca Marini
at night
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Through imagination and artistic creation, it may be possible to rediscover a connection with the essence of humanity, that of our ancient ancestors who lived through that long, remote period, still partly shrouded in mystery, which is Prehistory.
Thinking of human rights as the foundations of distant forms of coexistence and sociality between men and women, who have created works of art of immense value, can help us recover their deepest meaning.
Universal and inalienable rights of every human being, founding stones of any civilization.
In our contemporary world, with unexpected acceleration, they risk being trampled underfoot by the violent logic of the domination of the strongest over the weakest until their total annihilation.
The vertical forms of the installation, which reach the top of the ancient courtyard wall of the Town Hall, ideally represent the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on December 10 1948.
They are anchored to the ground by stones of different shapes and colors, flint, jasper, travertine and various types of limestone, the lithic materials used by humans in prehistoric times.
The stones, from which the vertical forms seem to originate and develop, become an integral part of the work, symbolically bridging the temporal distance that separates us from the dawn of human history.
Franca Marini, December 2025