The Giardino Sonoro is an open-air museum on the outskirts of town. It stands on the Sciola family’s citrus grove, where the artist, Pinuccio Sciola (1942-2016), from the 1960s onwards, started to install his stone works amidst the citrus plants, olive trees and Mediterranean shrub.
These vast monoliths, spread out across the space to suit the artist, represent Sciola’s entire artistic excursus. His Semi di Pietra, the Pietre Legate, the Spighe and Foglie can be found in the garden; figurative works which convey the artist’s strong links with nature and the land and recall his farming origins. The basalt rock, shaped with vertical and horizontal carvings, express themselves with the sculptor’s typical visual code; or demonstrate their inner concretions in the Cielo di Pietra works. The Pietre Sonore can also be found in the museum, produced with limestone and basalt, where the carvings are designed to reproduce sound and free the “voice of the stones“.
The visitor has the chance to discover the artist from San Sperate and his works through a sensorial guided tour; the touch, hearing, and visual senses provide an in-depth understanding of the works and their sound.
