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EGG

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EGG - site specific installation Art High School “A. Modigliani” garden, Padua, Italy. Materials: branches, iron wire, hemp cord diameter max. meters 2,50 x 3,50

EGG as a symbol of fertility and eternal life. But the egg, as well as raw material, is also form, perfection of Nature of whose configuration, resilience and essentiality we have always tried to investigate the secrets. I thought it suitable to represent the rebirth after the unique historical period of closure due to the pandemic. It is a symbol that can be generative of many visions and possibilities of a better future to be built. Therefore I donated the installation to the Art High School of Padua, where I was doing eco-artistic workshops interrupted due to the lockdown. A gift as a sign of positivity, of novelty, and of a future to be built, of attention to the fragility of the environment, which, like the egg, has a fragile shell that must be protected and cared for, because it contains life of everyone.