Leonardo Sonnoli with Irene Bacchi designed two works to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification.
They speak about the different nationality composing the italian nation and the idea that if a nation has a deep and strong culture don’t need to be afraid of immigrants people.
For the work titled “Fontanalampo”, Sonnoli and Bacchi went to a chinese tailor working in Rimini -the city where they live- to “close” a supposed Fontana’s cut with a zipper; for the second work (“Unità nazionale”), together with her, called Jin Jin, they stiched two previously cutted parts of a paper sheet, to reunify a divided nation, with green and red thread.
The two works has been stamped on the back by Jin Jin together with the authors’ signature.
Both have been commisioned by the Municipality of Russi, one of the first city revolting for the italian unification in 1831.