As part of the program for L’Aquila 2026, Italian Capital of Culture , “Inside Out – The People’s Art Project by JR”—the global initiative by French artist JR, led by ArtsFor and supported by the City of L’Aquila—culminates in L’Aquila with a large-scale collective installation: over 2,000 black-and-white portraits of residents of L’Aquila and the areas affected by the 2009 earthquake transform Piazza Duomo into an extraordinary participatory gallery, a collective mosaic of faces, stories, and identities that unites the provincial capital, surrounding municipalities, mountains, and inland areas into a single visual narrative.

On July 11, from 10:00 p.m. to midnight, the entire city is invited to Piazza Duomo for a major event featuring lights and music—open to everyone with free admission: the facades of the buildings in the square will come to life with a multi-projection of portraits and behind-the-scenes images, accompanied by an original soundtrack, in a visually striking and emotionally powerful narrative. A unique, not-to-be-missed event in which L’Aquila’s most beautiful square becomes a stage for the entire community.

The installation remains open to the public until July 15. The project is part of the “L’Aquila città territorio” program as part of ReStart, and is inspired by the overarching spirit of Inside Out, an international movement founded by JR in 2011 that has carried out over 3,000 collective projects in 154 countries and collected 590,000 portraits.

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