Making ‘Vicina Paradiso’
Vicina Paradiso (Close to Paradise) is a torn-paper collage inspired by the hillside villages of Italy’s Basilicata region, where stone homes, winding streets, and mountain light seem suspended between earth and sky. Built from layered fragments of paper, the work transforms the landscape into a mosaic of color and texture, evoking both memory and movement. Sunlit buildings rise against rolling violet hills and a glowing Mediterranean sky, while deep greens suggest the untamed countryside surrounding these ancient towns. Balancing intimacy and openness, the collage captures the timeless feeling of discovering a hidden village that feels, for a moment, very close to paradise.
Vicina Paradiso (Close to Paradise) is a torn-paper collage inspired by the hillside villages of Italy’s Basilicata region, where stone homes, winding streets, and mountain light seem suspended between earth and sky. Built from layered fragments of paper, the work transforms the landscape into a mosaic of color and texture, evoking both memory and movement. Sunlit buildings rise against rolling violet hills and a glowing Mediterranean sky, while deep greens suggest the untamed countryside surrounding these ancient towns. Balancing intimacy and openness, the collage captures the timeless feeling of discovering a hidden village that feels, for a moment, very close to paradise.
Making ‘Vicina Paradiso’