Pelle su pelle

Frottage (BZ-TN)

Clay

Documentation of the installation and some time afterwards

The tree I chose in Bolzano is a landmark for me, popping up in the middle of the green expanse of the park. Throughout my childhood, the landmark and meeting point for me and my siblings was instead the fig tree in my grandfather’s garden.

Through clay, a material that can pick up its texture, to then melt and return to earth, the skin of the tree in Bolzano become the one of the tree in my hometown, Trento. By doing so I connected my childhood, in my city, and my growing up and living another city, which I now feel a little more my own.