La Via dell'altro (The way of the others)
| Year: | 2025 |
| City: | Lampedusa, Italy |
| Measures: | 200 m |
| Media: | Light installation |
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Over six nights, five narrow beams of red light cut through Lampedusa’s night sky, drawing a temporary bridge between the tourist heart of the island and the shore where people arrive after dangerous sea crossings.
La Via dell’Altro unfolds as a poetic yet incisive intervention in Lampedusa’s nocturnal landscape. Over six evenings, five narrow beams of red light trace an elegant arc between two emblematic sites on the island—Via Roma, the festive artery of tourism, and Molo Favaloro, the austere landing shore of those who have crossed the sea in search of safety.
This “bridge of light” does not span a distance for bodies to traverse, but rather a chasm of perception: it makes present the silent proximity of two parallel realities. Where postcards promise sun-soaked ease, the same waters cradle stories of peril and perseverance. Where hospitality greets vacationers, its absence is felt by the unannounced guests arriving under cover of darkness. By rendering this tension visible, the installation becomes a mirror—reflecting back our collective complicity and our capacity for empathy.
Through its ephemeral glow, La Via dell’Altro invites a sustained encounter with questions that shape life on the island:
How do we share common ground when our reasons for being here could not be more different?
What does it mean to host, to welcome, or to ignore?
Can a single beam of light dissolve the barriers we build, even if only for a moment?
La Via dell’Altro is part of Hospitium – The Lampedusa Project, realised within Agrigento Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025.
La Via dell’Altro — a bridge of light across Lampedusa
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