The rain paths

The Rain Paths is a project conceived by the artist Micol Grazioli developed for the ‘S+T+ARTS Aqua Motion’ programme and in collaboration with MUSE – the Science Museum of Trento.

The Rain Paths is a participatory research project that explores the hidden and visible flows of water in landscapes. Originating in the French Prealps, Les sentiers de la pluie, where the project began with schools and local communities, it now seeks to evolve in the Italian Alps. The research combines mapping, creating plaster casts of water-sculpted forms, and collecting testimonies. Through community workshops, participants are invited to imagine and design a space that embodies the presence of water and reflects on our interdependent relationship with it. The envisioned outcome, inspired by karst water sculptures, is a concave, porous, and aesthetic space able to receive and contain both water and people. This prototype becomes a monument to water as a common good, uniting art, science, and community in a process that raises ecological awareness while offering a functional and symbolic place of encounter.