It has come to life in performances. Sometimes it stranded in a museum or gallery hall, by the sea, along a river, in a historic square. It would have rested beside a glacier, in a suburban neighborhood, in a schoolyard. It became a pretext for collecting stories, engaging the eyes, skills and passions of many different people. In October 2010, this “symbolic device” returned to the place where the fabric from which it is made was produced and, during a 24-hour performance in the spaces of the former textile factory, a rite of passage took place.

It was not its death, but a transformation into other, smaller stories meant to nurture still more. Nothing is thrown away.  Not even a thought.

The Whale Book, 2021: The Whale Theory. An animal imagery, Johan & Levi Editore, is the final leg of the journey of Balena Project.