Exclave

The video work collects the traces of a performative journey which began in France, where the artist removed a piece of the ground. A transparent container shows the composition of the ground and the coordinates of its original location, allowing for a constant re-contextualization of the object. Thus, the journey of the first Portable Ground begins. The artist traveled by train from Pau to Moscow, passing through Paris and Milan, in search of a place where she could install the French ground, asking for advice from the people she met.
In Moscow the artist chose a site suitable to host the portion of French ground and then took a sample of Russain soil to bring with her on her return journey. Therefore ubiquity access points take shape: a microconsulate set in the sidewalks of the city. The artist conquers fragments of territory which she makes usable in other places, holding a thread, creating magnetic poles of attraction, identifying social and territorial ties concerning belonging. The public is called to interact with the Portable Ground: the operation thus opens reflections on issues, such as feeling foreign and the possibility of integrating within a new context.