Traversata

Making <em>Traversata: Tra di noi c'e solo l'io - 8 marzo 2008 / Between Us, Only Me</em>, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
Postcard image of Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal), Incisa in Val d'Arno
<em>Traversata / Crossing</em>, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)
Making  <em>Traversata: Tra di noi c'e solo l'io - 8 marzo 2008 / Between Us, Only Me</em>, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
River Arno
Making <em>Traversata / Crossing</em>, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)
Making  <em>Traversata / Crossing</em>, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)
Site of <em>Traversata</em> installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy
Site of <em>Traversata</em> installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Making Traversata: Tra di noi c'e solo l'io - 8 marzo 2008 / Between Us, Only Me, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Postcard image of Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal), Incisa in Val d'Arno

Taken prior to the Alluvione di Firenze (Great Flood of Florence), 1966

Traversata / Crossing, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Making Traversata: Tra di noi c'e solo l'io - 8 marzo 2008 / Between Us, Only Me, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

River Arno

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Making Traversata / Crossing, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Making Traversata / Crossing, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Ponte d'Annibale (Bridge of Hannibal)

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Site of Traversata installations series, Incisa in Val d'Arno, Italy

Traversata: Le mie conversazioni col Fiume Arno was an environmental installation created on the Arno river during a year of study in Italy, seen here as a photographic document. This installation, produced over seven months, was a series of collaborative “conversations” between myself and a river in a forgotten Tuscan canyon—secluded duets balancing observation and participation. It was a time of transition between my corporate past and my current artistic path. These images capture that crossing.

All the materials that made Traversata are from the river itself—ground brick, charcoal, mosses, grasses and lichen. These natural elements wash away with each rain, leaving neither damage nor residue. Once the river carries away the conversation, all that remains is memory.

Four conversations:

Densitá dell’ amore

Passando attraverso

Sotto la terra

Nascosto, fuoco