SHAPEIn Search of Form
curated by Matilde Galletti, archeoligìcal museum of Fermo (IT), winner project of PAC.
Tibaldi's research, overall, presents itself as an itinerant work, constructed around the world and articulated, each time he embarks on a new project, in the urban peripheries of large Italian and foreign cities or in small, remote provinces and with little-known names. Thus, some of the observations and results, both in terms of thought and form, of the previous work enter into the newly completed one and already provide suggestions for the next. Together, they form the building blocks of a great choral work.
Tibaldi worked by engaging the local community through informal, small-group discussions held over the winter, at bars or by the sea. Through these meetings, he sought to capture memories and imagery tied to the context's physiognomy, both physically and emotionally. He then distributed a questionnaire, attempting to broaden the analysis of the area.
The sculpture, composed primarily of books, reinterprets the vision emerging from the urban imagination of those who were available to meet and share, exposing the often conflicting feelings that bind them to this territory. The sea and hills are present in almost all the questionnaires and dialogues as elements that physically and mentally mark boundaries, comforting presences, but which also leave room for widespread feelings of isolation and distance from the "other."