Acqua Lattea
Museo dell’Aquila Reale MUSAQ 2024
Centro di Arte e Natura L´Aquila Reale, Civitella di Licenza, Roma.
Installation
Ceramics, bronze, wood, plastic pool, water pump, hose, felt.
Three watercolor paintings from the Corpi di Acqua series.
23-minute video "Acqua Lattea."
The ACQUA LATTEA project is funded by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage of Chile.
FONDART NACIONAL
During a residency in Licenza, I researched the Aniene River, focusing on water as an essential, mediating, and life-sustaining element in this valley. Inspired by the driftwood carried by the river’s current along its basin, Acqua Lattea is a ceramic installation with a continuous flow of water.
The work addresses themes of temporality, transformation, and cosmic connection in a context of climate change. The clay molds of driftwood, assembled to create an evocative map of the river, are transformed into an artificial basin that channels new flows of water, presenting the river as a temporal, life-giving being—a cosmic portal linking the earthly with the celestial. The piece invites reflection on the river’s transient nature, flowing without recognizing political borders or boundaries, reminding us of the intrinsic freedom of water and its connection to the cosmos.
L'acqua della via lattea che come un serpente scende nel mare infinito del firmamento
un portale a forma di arcobaleno collega le stelle, l'acqua e la terra, dove i nostri spiriti parlano attraverso i fiumi ancestrali, linfa vitali del pianet
