The PHAROS project stems from research on lighthouses and maritime lanterns in the
Mediterranean, based on architecture, light and communication. Each lighthouse has a name
recognizable by its light signal. Each lighthouse defines a point in the territory and it only takes a few seconds of light to pinpoint its location. These ancient buildings, constructed over the past centuries, contain minimal spaces and perform minimal but extremely important functions.
These buildings are distributed along coastlines, often in uninhabited or isolated places surrounded by the sea and wild landscapes. They communicate with mariners by repeating their names with pulses of light, in a specific rhythm, marked on maps by a code that makes them identifiable. The set of lighthouses defines the shape of a territory, with lines and traces made of deeply ephemeral signs.
This kind of communication, silent and perceptible thanks to a light signal that repeats itself without ever stopping, is transformed into a code and a pattern. The pattern lights up and disappears, recedes and vanishes. The rugs are made using the Pibiones technique, an ancient traditional Sardinian weaving technique. They are made of 80% Sardinian wool and 20% cotton and they measure 2m x 3m.