Stone Oven House

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Italia
Piemonte
Stone Oven House

art residency project, based on rural practises. DESCRIPTION

The Stone Oven House is an art residence, based on rural practises in a post-industrial context.

Aimed at combining social and environmental harmony, we are establishing an experimental platform for life and creation. The activities in residence follow the principles of: sustainability and shareconomy. The guests of the residence are invited to reflect on the idea that the village is the city of the future: a place where people work online and live in nature, growing their own vegetables. One

of the main functional elements of the residence is a large stone oven, used to bake food and to dispose of the accomplished art, in order to generate the heat for the oven itself. Art works that are not suitable to be burnt in the stone oven, are reused to satisfy utilitarian needs. Contemporary art, as a reflection of today’s society, embodies the laws of the art market: artistic overproduction does not match consumer enjoyment. So the art recycling in the Stone Oven House enters this scenario, as a symbolic protest against the conventional dynamics of the contemporary market and as a matter for reflection on production and consumption, including art. Therefore, the inevitability of art recycling gives artists freedom to create art regardless of its placement on the art market shelves. Each activity in residence then tries to respect the sustainability reasoning: from the creation of art to its fruition, from the procurement of food to interaction with the local community. We dedicate, moreover, particular attention to the improvement of offline interactions, crucial for a good and healthy community. We invite to the Stone Oven House both artists and non artists with the mission to bring them together in their lives and professions. We want it to be a pleasant workplace for artists and an unconventional residence for the other guests. Learn more: http://balovinandbeccato.info/en/en-residencyproject/

06/09/2026

From 23 to 25 October, Stone Oven House will host The Dancing Body, the Seeing Body — a residential workshop exploring the meeting point between dance and photography.

The workshop will be led by Paola Mongelli, visual artist and photographer, and Natasha Pirogova, dancer and movement therapist.

Both are longtime friends of Stone Oven House and have led workshops here before: Paola on photography, and Natasha on the body, dance and even voice. They also became friends here — in the house with the oven — and now return for their first workshop together.

Three days dedicated to the relationship between body, image and space: seeing through movement and allowing what we see to become movement again.

No dance experience is required, and you don’t need a professional camera — a smartphone is perfectly fine.

The programme includes the workshop, full-board accommodation and a sauna session. As always at Stone Oven House, we will live, practise and eat together in a real home among the mountains of Val Pellice.

📅 23–25 October 2026
📍 Stone Oven House, Rorà, Italy
🎟 Workshop: €220
Early booking before 20 September: €200
🏡 Full-board accommodation: from €180, depending on the room type.

Full programme and registration:
https://natashapirogova.com/visione

03/08/2026

From today Natasha Pirogova Танец Наташи - Италия - Россия will be in residence with us in Rorà.

Natasha works through the body, movement and dance, creating spaces where people can feel more alive, free and authentic. Her sessions are not simply about learning steps or techniques: she invites participants to listen to their bodies, allow their own personal movement to emerge, and rediscover presence, sensitivity and courage.

During her residency, it will be possible to dance with her every morning for about one hour, through gentle movement and dance sessions: a way to awaken the body.

It will also be possible to book individual sessions for those who would like to dedicate some more intimate and personal time to themselves.

To take part in the morning dance sessions, with admission by voluntary contribution, please write to:

[email protected]

To book an individual session with Natasha, with times and fees to be agreed directly with her:

[email protected]
+39 338 966 2849

23/07/2026

TO THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL YOUTH
September 10–14, 2026

Not every retreat is about escaping life. Some help you return to it differently.

This September, Stone Oven House will host an intimate retreat with Igor Grishin — Go Master, martial arts teacher, and creator of the Living Legs movement method. After being advised to undergo knee replacement surgery, he chose a different path, dedicating years to exploring the body’s natural capacity for recovery. That personal journey became the foundation of a unique practice combining movement, awareness, and strategic thinking.

Spend five days in a small group in the Italian Alps: movement practice, the game of Go, walks through ancient chestnut forests, swims in crystal-clear mountain streams, homemade Italian food, and long evenings around a centuries-old stone oven.

This is not an intensive course or a wellness escape. It is an invitation to slow down, reconnect with your body, and experience a different rhythm of living, where nature, meaningful conversation, and attentive movement become part of the practice itself.

September 10–14, 2026
Stone Oven House · Rorà · Italian Alps
Language: russian

More information:
https://goama.ru/retrit-mastera-go-v-italii/

17/07/2026

Tomorrow from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., we’re opening the doors of the Stone Oven House studios so you can meet the artists currently in residence.

Rahn Marion Rahn Marion is an interdisciplinary artist from Memphis, Tennessee. Through oil painting and watercolor, his work explores the relationship between identity, spirituality, community, and belonging.
Raised in the religious context of the Southern United States, Rahn has gradually transformed his artistic practice into his own form of spiritual exploration. During his residency at Rorà, he is focusing primarily on landscape painting.

Joining him will be musician Evgeny Shishenkov Evgeny Shishenkov who will present a short jazz and improvisation performance together with our singer guest Stefano Lenzi.

Afterward, those who wish may stay for a convivial dinner. The dinner is reserved for members of the association.
Membership card and reservation required.

11/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Rorà for the screening of the first film in the ‘Che Cine a Rorà’ film series. The film was *Ma Tèrra* by Andrea Fantino, shot in the Stura Valley, not too far from us, which explores the Occitan language and its speakers – and we enjoyed it. Thank you to the Unione Montana Valle Stura for sharing the film, and thank you to the director for his work. We hope to meet him in person on another occasion.

For this film series, we have tried to choose films that tell stories which also resonate with
Rorà, but which haven’t necessarily been produced geographically close to us.

Unione Montana Valle Stura
Andrea Fantino

Follow us to find out about the upcoming films.

stura

09/07/2026

We welcome Rahn Marion Rahn Marion , an artist from Memphis, Tennessee, who will be in residence at Stone Oven House for two weeks.

Rahn is a multidisciplinary artist working with oil painting, wood and stone sculpture, welding, and manual construction. His practice is inspired by history, places, and people, questioning the Western art canon while asserting Black presence and representation.

Through symbols, metaphors, and references to art history, his work creates a dialogue between past and present, bringing black figures into a central, contemporary, and necessary space.

Anyone who would like to meet him is welcome to visit us and see the artist’s studio during his stay.

07/07/2026

As part of the “Che Cine a Rorà” film series, on July 10 at 8:45 p.m. in Piazza Fontana in Rorà, we will screen “Ma Tèrra,” a film by director Andrea Fantino Andrea Fantino , shot in Val Stura as part of the Unione Montana Valle Stura Unione Montana Valle Stura project “Sus las draias de la lenga occitana” (Along the Paths of the Occitan Language), produced with support from the “Presidency of the Council of Ministers—Department for Regional Affairs and Autonomies” thanks to funding from Law 482/99 (“Provisions on the Protection of Historical Linguistic Minorities”).

The screening will take place under the stars in the small gardens of Piazza Fontana in Rorà. In case of inclement weather, the screening will be held indoors.

Admission is free.

01/07/2026

This Saturday, July 4, we invite you to Stone Oven House for an evening of music.

At exactly 6:00 PM, pianist Ksenia Fedorova and drummer Araik Vietinghoff will begin their performance. The concert will start on time, and this time we won’t be able to wait for late arrivals—we’re planning to continue the evening at another cultural event in Rorà. Please arrive a little early. You’re welcome to come before 6:00 PM to visit Nicola Bertasi’s exhibition, which is still on view at Stone Oven House.

Working with piano and drums, Ksenia and Araik create music built on careful listening, silence, and subtle sonic gestures. Inspired by the textures of water, birds, wind, and distant storms, their performances move freely between fragile ambient soundscapes and rhythmic, almost hypnotic passages. Every concert develops differently, responding to the space, the acoustics, and the audience.

After the performance, everyone is welcome to stay and continue the evening around our communal table.

Dinner is available for members of the Stone Oven House Association. If you’re not yet a member, you can easily join on the spot by obtaining a membership card. Feel free to bring something small to share with everyone at the table. If you’d like, you can also leave a donation to support the association and its cultural activities, whether or not you stay for dinner.

Then, at 9:15 PM, the evening continues just a few minutes away at the Waldensian Church of Rorà with Les Vaudois: histoire et chants d’un peuple-église — a theatrical and musical tribute to the historian and pastor Giorgio Tourn, combining storytelling with traditional Waldensian songs. It is a rare opportunity to experience two very different cultural events in one evening, both within walking distance.

Saturday, July 4

6:00 PM — Stone Oven House
Via Maestra 4, Rorà

Free entrance. Donations to support the association are always appreciated.

Indirizzo

Via Maestra 4, Rorá
Piemonte
10060

Telefono

+393405611840

Sito Web

http://Stoneovenhouse.com/

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