An art-research project dedicated to sustainable development, cultural ecology and the poetic reinterpretation of the island of Kozada (Brijuni archipelago), carried out under the University of Bologna through an interdisciplinary dialogue between art and science.
One of the significant art-research directions of Purple Clover's work developed through a project dedicated to sustainable development, cultural ecology and the poetic reinterpretation of the island of Kozada (Kotež) within the Brijuni archipelago. The project was carried out under the University of Bologna, through an interdisciplinary approach connecting art, cultural studies, the ecology of space and contemporary sustainability research.
Starting from the idea that space is not only a physical territory but a living tissue of nature, memory, culture, emotion and human experience, the project explored new ways of connecting sustainability, art and the identity of place. Through the union of the creative process and research work, visual essays, artistic collages, photographic documentation and experimental maps emerged — seeing the island as a space of imagination, an inner journey and an encounter between people and nature.
Visual essays and artistic collages such as Eva the Mermaid, Island of a Day Off, Appendix and Adam the Sailor were developed as poetic documentation of space — layered narratives combining photography, fragments of literature, text, maps and an experimental visual language. Purple Clover nurtures the idea that sustainability is not only an ecological practice, but also an emotional, cultural and creative relationship with the world we share — humane, slower, more connected and more sustainable.
