Chimera is a collective and participatory work created in May 2025 as part of Ruralizart Education (Erasmus+), a project that saw the collaboration between La Surera (Spain), Joventud de Vila Fonche (Portugal), and Ostello dei Balocchi (Italy).
Under the artistic direction of Rosmunda, the work came to life in the heart of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines as a symbolic creature born from a journey of exchange and discovery. Inspired by local fauna—porcupines, roe deer, wild boars, and wolves—the installation breaks down the animals into three movable parts (head, body, tail), allowing the public to reassemble and reinvent them. Each silhouette was decorated by participants after a sensory immersion in the Ravinella Park.
The result is an interactive, poetic, and playful installation that celebrates biodiversity as a dance of transformations.
How to play with Chimera:
Come closer and observe the movable silhouettes. Try taking them apart and putting them back together to create creatures never seen before, such as a wolf-deer or a cinghistrice. There is no right or wrong combination: each fit is a new story guided by imagination, an invitation to marvel at the infinite possibilities of nature and art.
