(...) In the sculptures, photographs and paintings brought together in "Wine-Dark Sea", the salt water collected by the artist from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic becomes the element that reveals the ocean’s chromatic presence through its very substance. The works are the result of a long-term engagement, between 2014 and 2021, with communities of migrants, fishermen and climate activists in Italy, Greece and Portugal. These people were asked to describe the colour of the sea based on their individual experiences. The hue and materiality of each work correspond directly to these accounts, shaped by each person’s memory and experience. (..