The wolves returned to the walls as part of the cultural program of Piazza Tevere 2020. A nocturnal staging of projections and music animated the embankments of the Tiber in a large-scale light performance dedicated to the myth of the she-wolf.

My relationship with the she-wolf of the Tiber began in the early 2000s, when I started collaborating with the American artist Kristin Jones on a series of eighty drawings inspired by the she-wolf as an iconic symbol of Rome. These drawings were later transferred onto the Tiber walls as large stencils, created by subtracting the smog embedded in the stone surfaces.

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The project was first presented to the public in 2006 during the Summer Solstice event. For that occasion, I created the first 3D model of the Capitoline Wolf, working from photographic references. In 2020, I completely reworked the original animation, adding new graphic overlays, apparitions, and fades, and pushing the piece further into a dreamlike dimension connected to the symbolic power of the wolf.

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The mythical animal moves with enigmatic grace, as befits a guardian of place: it pauses, observes, scans the sky, and then resumes its path.
 

Shows
She Wolves – Solstizio d’Estate, Rome - 2005

Ombre dal Lupercale, Rome - 2006

She-Wolves: from Tiber to Hudson @ River to River Festival, New York - 2008

Trilogy: She Wolf as Shape of Time, Rome - 2009

Piazza Tevere: il ritorno delle lupe, Rome - 2020
 

Credits
Concept, art direction, animation, editing - Francesca Fini

Music - Roberto Laneri
Project - Kristin Jones for Tevereterno