A silentio

Through text and photography, Claire Laude’s book uses examples from two Mediterranean countries, Italy and Greece, to question our relationship to the land and the notion of trace and its permanence in the landscape.

What traces can history and human activities leave in a rural landscape? What is the meaning of the presence of these residues?

By exploring the origin, evolution and function of two traditions, and by studying the buildings that house them, Claire Laude examines the notion of imprint and questions the need to pay attention to what exists, both memory and resources.