Alessia Capra
Dusu Mundusu m’e u’ Homini is rooted in an intuitive, self-directed exploration of cultural memory and personal identity.
Drawing from the ancestral craft of Sardinia and my own experience of displacement, this project reinterprets ancient ceramic forms through a contemporary lens, without formal instructions or traditional rules.
The process is led by instinct, trial, and emotion. It is an attempt to reconnect with a heritage that has been marginalised by globalisation and mass production.
Rather than replicating historical artefacts, I engage in speculative making, using clay to imagine what has been lost or silenced. My experimentation with terracotta and porcelain, materials not typically combined, reflects a breaking of technical conventions and a metaphor for cultural duality. This project is a tactile form of self-education, where the act of making becomes a way of remembering, resisting cultural flattening, and preserving untaught knowledge.
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