Italy’s historical and cultural relationship with water has been formidable in constructing its identity.

From the centralised public control of the Roman acqua ducts, to sustaining abundant harvests, and its symbolic significance in Christian sacraments, water has been pervasive in both ideological and ecological realms.

However, environmental changes are now shifting the tide, as nature controls the force.

This body of work explores these ideas through the visual markers that suggest water’s changing impact on self-representation and identity.

And the grapevine becomes the recurring image of resilience and endurance within this context.