Another Day Gone

This project traces a journey across Italy’s provincial roads, moving through towns that exist outside the main narrative of the country. Here, time seems suspended. Empty squares, fading facades, and muted landscapes define a territory where silence prevails and movement is scarce.

As the journey unfolds from north to south, recurring elements emerge: abandoned centers, standardized commercial areas, and spaces shaped more by transit than by belonging. Shopping centers and parking lots replace traditional meeting points, flattening local identities into uniform environments. The province appears caught between what it was and what it is becoming.

A generational divide runs through these places. Younger people leave, drawn toward cities in search of opportunities and connection, while older residents remain, anchored to a landscape that is gradually losing its structure and meaning. Roads cut across these territories, reinforcing their role as passages rather than destinations.

The project looks at the Italian province not as a marginal space, but as a condition. It reflects a country suspended between continuity and change, where traces of the past persist while new forms struggle to take root.