Island is a site-specific work that evokes the famous painting Totenisle by Arnold Böcklin (Basel, 1827 – Florence, 1901).
The windows of the Syracuse University overlook the English Cemetery in Piazzale Donatello.
Perhaps one of the possible inspirations for Bocklin’s work was this hidden place , an island in the middle of Florence.
The outline of the island drawn with the capsules and printed, applied to the glass with a transparent adhesive is like a filter on this timeless vision.
Caterina Sbrana, text for A private Geography, curated by Paola Bortolotti, 2013