Stories from the Edge 1

The Stories from the Edge VW camper was on the road for the second time. The itinerant and participatory project was created by artists Nayari Castillo, Kate Howlett-Jones and Marina Sartori together with curator Francesca Lazzarini. 

The project developed as two trips by camper van with six stops in the most renowned summer destinations in the area: Grado and Lignano in Italy; Portorož and Piran in Slovenia; Rovinj and Poreč in Croatia. 

The VW camper served as an itinerant osmiza, (a typical "Buschenschank" in the region of Triest) a point of encounter, hospitality and production, a place of artistic research more than simply providing food. Along the way, the originating artists Naya, Kate and Marina met up with local artists from each place. Each artist was asked to create a work based on the concept of the project and to facilitate dialog with the local community during an event in the form of osmiza. 

The exhibition offers reflections on a range of themes: from the shifts in local life between the high and low season; to the consequences of mass tourism. Finally, it touches on some very current issues: the refugee/migrant crisis and the consequences of terrorism on collective perception.