From June 20thto August 20th, 2025 is taking place in Gibellina, in the province of Trapani, Gibellina PhotoRoad, the first open-air and site-specific photographic festival in Italy
Gibellina PhotoRoad, this year at its 5th edition, is not only a review of images but an urban laboratory that involves artists and the territory to create a temporary city-museum, accessible to all and free of charge.
Streets and squares host everywhere large-format prints, projections and installations designed to interact with the urban fabric of Gibellina. The festival questions how photography can interact with public space, finding new meanings, visions and interactions with viewers.
During the three opening days (June 20 to 22) the festival animates the town with a full program of events: talks, meetings, screenings, guided tours, workshops offering participants an avant-garde cultural cross-section of photography, performances and contemporary art.
And now Gibellina is a city known as one of the largest “open-air” contemporary art museums in the world.—-
Why in Gibellina?
Gibellina has been created from the ruins of the terrible 1968 earthquake and rebuilt thanks to the enlightened and visionary project of a group of intellectuals, summoned by their mayor Ludovico Corrao.
Thus the entire city of Gibellina has been rebuilt and it is now an “open-air” contemporary art museum with architectural works and sculptures by famous Italian artists of the twentieth century such as Alberto Burri, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Pietro Consagra, Mimmo Paladino.
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The festival takes place every two years.
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Photo by Gibellina PhotoRoad
