Sconfinare is an installation by Sofia Aloni and Lorenzo Lavezzo that symbolically stitches together a territory divided by politics but united by common history and cultures. In 1947, Italy and Yugoslavia divided the territories: a wall split cities, families, and homes. It was not until 2004 that the barrier fell, but for decades, daily life remained fragmented. To illustrate this divide, the artists chose demographic statistics from Gorizia and Nova Gorica: two cities in mirrored dialogue, where what grows on one side declines on the other, a sign of the impossibility of dividing what is naturally united. The inspiration comes from the world of winemaking: barrels that hold stories of wood, wine, and people, united by the same color sedimented by time, regardless of which side of the border they are on. The staves, similar to columns on a graph, become elements of a mirrored and complementary sculpture, reminiscent of a gate: not a barrier, but a puzzle that unites.

The artist’s task is always to cross boundaries

Materials: used wine barrels