Éclat d’être II 2016

3rd Art Festival collaboration Tadlachance Cuges-les-pins, Provence, France and City of Villatella, Liguria, Italy
Paper matter, Text integrated on the facade of the ancestral washhouse of Villatella

High up on an Italian mountain top, Villatella hosts its 3rd Art Festival.
High up on the village washhouse, a text is integrated on its two facades.
It complements the architecture. It blends into its surroundings.
Some pass by without noticing anything. Some glance at it and can’t figure it out.
A village girl stops. Her concentration is evident. She moves back and forth from one facade to the other. She makes out some words...deciphers the phrase in italian CREATIONISANACTACCOMPLISHEDBYAHUMANBEINGTOGIVESENSETOONESLIFE.
She nodes – smiles - looks around.
Through her action, she realizes that she is part of the work!
I smile back at her. I nod.
A while after, with inquisitive eyes, one by one or in small groups, people are in the plaza looking up high.