Elisa Pietracito
Natura in corso/ Nature in progress
Final project of the Ponti Artistici Residency between Bologna and Izola, Slovenia
September-October 2023
Conventional lines divide the space of the city: networks imposed by man are erected between buildings and streets, limiting the passage beyond which only the gaze can proceed. Obstacles for men, within these areas nature often finds a favorable environment. In autumn, leaves accumulate inside the construction sites in Via di Corticella and are swept away from the street and sidewalks by garbage collectors every night. A hybrid environment emerges between human convention and the randomness of nature, where the network becomes a moment of intersection between the two. The three works on display evoke this space of intersection of the natural module that hybridizes and becomes artificial, inviting us to observe it from new points of view and claiming these places as islands for flora and fauna