Japan.
This series started as a work documenting the scenario encountered during daily walks in Japan and most often in Tokyo. Domestic dimensions in urban spaces have often been the subject of these observations focusing on a universe of ordinary matters such as underground tunnels, swirl cake shop and shrine microcosmos dispersed in the urban scape. Since 2013 I often return to Japan and walking has become a way to explore an interior perception of this informal landscape. In this project Japan also exits as another place, a personal geography emerging through the years from the recollection of these travels.

Palermo, May 18, 2018.
The boys are busy gathering wood for their neighbourhood blaze, a mountain of old things to burn but also a primitive architecture to build and a tower to observe from. Their fire is the highest in Palermo and nobody can turn it off because the oranges are ammunition and the boys are ready to fight.
The ritual of “vampa di San Giuseppe”, coinciding with the transition from winter to spring, is a testimony of the passage of pagan elements absorbed by the territory and made significant according to the Christian cult. The fire represents the destruction of all that anguishes the community, but it is also a regenerator, a promoter of the welfare of crop and man. This ancient practice is poised between tradition and legality, being considered dangerous for the city. For this reason it is carried out by underage boys, who can't be prosecuted.

The collective exhibition takes place in the city of Palermo, as a collateral event of the twelfth edition of the Biennale Manifestation (16th June – 4th November 2018): TALPE. Well said, Old mole curated by Marta Cereda and Laura Lamonea. The exhibition is an exploration throughout the corridors and classrooms of the Liceo Classico Umberto I. The concept of the exhibition comes from the first pages of The Planetary garden by Gilles Cléments.

Solime.
Designed by the architect Paolo Soleri in 1952 for the ceramist Vincenzo Solimene, the Solimene factory is located in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno, Italy). The structure of the building, intended for the production, display and sale of ceramic objects, is made up of plastic reinforced concrete pillars about 16 meters high. The interior is illuminated from the widely glazed roof and large windows with metal frames that alternate with the blind parts of the main street facade. As in Guggenheim Museum, there is a ramp that provide continuity to the production flow from the top to the bottom of the building.

Rankeiso-Inn.
This is a century-old ryokan, located on a salt water hot-spring. Originally built outside Tsubame-Sanjo Station in 1926, the three-story inn was dismantled in the 1950s and reconstructed in the quiet forests of eastern Niigata.

Tblisi.

What darkens snow and ice?
Snow and ice are not always as pristine as one may think. If you have ever walked on a glacier or on a snowfield during summer, you might have already noticed that. In fact, both snow and ice are often darkened by impurities. In this project, research activities conducted by scientist (from the University of Milano Bicocca and the National Research Council of Italy) at the Zebrù glacier are represented through photos and videos.

A darker cryosphere in a warming world. Dust and black carbon deposition in high-mountain Asia darkens snow and ice, increases sunlight absorption and causes melt — a reinforcing feedback. In this editorial collaboration, new research findings are described and the recent scientific literature is reviewed.