DYNAMO CAMP

Molecular Aggregations and Small Stories of Nature

Nature tells stories through its forms and its colours.Playing with elements gathered in the woods, the children pressed colourful traces onto paper, creating patterns filled with countless variations. An explosion of coloured fragments became the “cells” that shaped new structures of vortices and spirals. Images of skies and flowers were broken apart and recomposed, inspired by the astonishing geometries of nature.

The children took part in this game and discovered how a small fragment can become part of a magical whole.

Dynamo is an “other” space

Change lies in small things, in daily gestures, in the experiences that shape you and open a new way of looking at reality. Dynamo Camp is a place where change happens and where one perceives how solidarity and mutual support are the foundation of a journey that unites many different experiences, transforming them into a shared path. The ten days spent at the Camp were for me a great source of inspiration and reflection.

Dynamo is an “other” space, an oasis, an example to follow, where sharing becomes a common thread of interaction. This synergy lives even within its aesthetics, where the skilled hand of humans and their architecture blends in perfect balance with the surrounding nature. In the Dynamo experience, everyone has the chance to overcome their own barriers, to turn their gaze toward limitless perspectives, and to become a source of inspiration for themselves and for others. Change begins with the education of new generations. Through the right social and cultural tools we can give life to an evolution, in the continuous search for new forms of relationship and exchange.

Cooperation and aggregation were at the core of my workshop and of the different activities in which the children took part. Through the observation of the world and its perfect structures, we discovered the dense relationship that binds us to this system. We grasped more deeply the connection between microcosm and macrocosm, using the rituality of creative action as a therapeutic gesture.

And finally, the sincere hugs, the smiles, the tears we shared at the end of the week. Those ninety children were the most beautiful gift, a gift that left its mark on my team as well. In fact, we continued a social project after this experience, and we will certainly repeat it in the future, driven by the constant desire to offer a contribution, even if small, to our society.

Micaela Lattanzio

Artist who took part in the Art Factory Project in 2017