Nothing half, nothing whole

The series "Nothing half, nothing whole" by Verdiana Albano deals with a search for identity and the origins of a multicultural woman. The performative and sculptural interventions in the hybrid landscape are intended to give her an answer to the search for home, identity and culture. She deliberately uses a vegetative translation of herself: an island between the European and African mainland. Far away from civilization, human and nature want to unite narratively, seek a partnership and a common ground.


The titles of the pictures indicate that the twelve-part series was created within 24 hours. This temporal limitation with regard to the multifaceted motifs is a homage to the beauty in the island's rich diversity, which can be projected onto multiculturalism and the positive in the coming together of differences. At the same time, questions arise of identity and origin, conflict and harmony. It is also a story about vulnerability and despair.

Sourced in ecofeminist approaches and borrowing from works such as Earth Body by Ana Mendieta, the way the body and landscape are juxtaposed changes the meaning of the human being itself. In some cases, the body is only recognisable after a closer look. Physical boundaries are ignored by the body during the encounter.The impression is created that the sculptural foreign body becomes an indispensable part of the landscape and at the same time competes with an entitlement to be there.