Breathing Circle
2026
Lago Scandarello, Italy
Breathing Circle - Land Art as a Collective Ground
The lake breathes. The water rises as the snow melts from the mountains, then withdraws, carving limestone into what local fishermen call "veins" along the shore.
A circular threshold, approximately 30 m in diameter, emerges here-shaped through local knowledge and collective presence-a gathering space and a subtle form of land art.
Evolving with the landscape, the gesture inscribedin it leaves room for the site's unpredictabil-ity-moving terrain, fluctuating water lev-els, and the presence of existing vegeta-tion.
Between earth and water, between permanence and inevitable change, part dwelling, part trace-the breathing circle breaks and opens wherever the land, the lake, or a tree asks it to, ramifying into new channels, habitats, and veins.
