Handmade silver gelatin prints from the project "An island within the island".
A world where everything feels possible, where there seems to be no clear boundary between past and present, reality and imagination, individual and collective memory.
In Sardinia, before World War II, traditional medicine was more widespread than the official one and a form of collective knowledge. Some people, mostly women, were known in their communities for their ability to perform rituals that went beyond mere empirical treatment, blending prayers with gestures of white magic.
During the fall of 2022 and spring of 2024, we traveled through the Sardinian inland wondering what is left, today, of magical healing. The project follows these journeys: the chain of people encountered, roads traveled, questions and insights that led us through a hidden
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