This series of 3 woodcut prints - printed by hand on wenzhou paper - were part of a collective work at YAG/Garage in Pescara, entitled Due Soli al Crepuscolo, alongside contributions by artists Giorgia Mascitti, Sebastian Contreras, and Daniele Caggiano. The larger “choral piece” consisted of a merry-go-round on which each artists works were featured, in continuous motion throughout the duration of the exhibition.

The prints feature a side view of Italian artist Pietro Cascella's Approdo della nave”(“Ship Landing”), reinterpreted through my hand in a graphic language.

This idea took shape after many visits to Pescara, during which I found myself returning to this well-known public monument. Suspended in its reflective pool, it gave me the impression of a leviathan at rest. Studying the work, I was further intrigued by the fact that Cascella sought to honor the prisoners of the infamous fortress of Pescara, forced to serve as rowers. I like that the monument seeks to honor imprisoned souls. I also like the image of the ship that Cascella evokes, and the poetic connections it conjures; for example, the many boats that desperate souls continue to use to make dangerous sea crossings. Facing toward the city, as it does, the monument seems to conjure a homecoming.

Reflecting on this work and its reverberations in our contemporary context, my intention was to create a poetic remembrance of Cascella's form, set in motion, a symbolic embarkation of the hopes and dreams of all the forgotten prisoners of the city.