According to the ancient Greeks, the mouth of the volcano was the site of the forge of Hephaestus, the god of fire who forged the weapons of the heroes. Starting from this legend, the intervention implements a reversal of the relationship between volcano and town, in which what has been forged "rises" ideally and is relocated in the place of origin.
By means of a conceptual and at the same time concrete gesture, I focus attention on the visual limit, electing decoration as a meeting place between natural and urbanized space.
The installation is composed of 4 rocks of pumice stone and waste gasbeton found on the beaches of the island of Vulcano and those of the adjacent islands. Shaped by the tides, the two elements become similar and the work plays on the boundary between nature and artifice, further camouflaging the textures of both volcanic and construction waste.
Each stone is engraved with a different decorative motif, taken from the gratings of the gates on the island: harmonious in form but imposed with violence within the rural landscape.
The work aims to create a bridge between the manifestation of a natural element and its artificial imposition, finding a balance within which they can coexist without overlapping.