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The exhibition features 37 large-scale works by photographer Mario Amura, who, in a project developed over more than 13 years, has immortalized in true photographic paintings the fireworks celebration that the Neapolitan people stage around Mount Vesuvius on New Year's Eve.
Ogni Capodanno, da oltre 15 anni, il visual artist Mario Amura trasforma in veri e propri dipinti fotografici la festa di luci e colori che i vesuviani inscenano con fuochi d’artificio ai piedi del Vesuvio.
Dopo il successo della mostra “Napoli Explosion” al Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte (2024), 17 opere sono oggi esposte nella mostra-evento “Napoli Explosion – Oplonti Interactive Experience”.
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The exhibition features 20 medium-format photographic works and an 18-minute video documentary, portraying one of the most powerful collective rituals of the Mediterranean: New Year’s Eve in Naples, when the Neapolitan people—like in an ancient act of exorcism—transform the fear of Mount Vesuvius into a celebration of light, made of hundreds of thousands of fireworks.
“Neapolitans exorcise the fear of the volcano’s eruption by making the entire Gulf of Naples explode with light and color,” says Mario Amura. “Every December 31, I climb Mount Faito with a small crew of friends to witness this collective ritual. From up there, the city turns into an inverted firmament, a cosmic landscape where fireworks become brushstrokes of pure emotion.”