~ infiltrations ~ a dialogue on the unseen ~ 

Genova, Pra’, 2022

Digital video, 04:02

Genova, 2022 ~ ~ ~ A call to a water infiltration expert offers a tiny manifesto of intentions. There is a problem of sovereignty if there is a problem of intrusion. What is moving in the invisible part of the Pegli Tre building complex? What if the water that seeps in actually repairs the building over time? What if it refuted the existence of a sacred enclosure beyond which everything natural is finite, predictable, controllable? What if it reopened the anthropic space to an awareness of the metamorphoses from which we stubbornly seem to try to remove it? ~ ~ ~

Pegli Tre is a public and social housing complex built in the 1980s in Genua under the 167/1962 law (aimed at promoting the acquisition of land for the construction of affordable housing for cities with over 50k inhabitants). The complex, located on San Michele hill Pra’, presents problems related to poor construction quality and lack of maintenance. The area is located on a hill and characterised by hydrogeological risk with a large number of springs, underground channels and canals. This short film encapsulates conflict between construction and environment through a fictional dialogue with a water infiltration expert.