Every grain of salt carries within it the traces of waves and wind, the breath of the moon and the radiance of the sun. When the sea evaporates, the water rises back to the sky, while the salt remains behind as a memory that refuses to disappear. The sea can never truly stay in the palm of the hand, yet salt leaves its presence everywhere: on the skin and on the tongue, on stones and in the salt fields, in the landscape and in the eyes of those who know how to recognise its ever-changing light and colour.
Through the photographs of Jaka Ivančič, the exhibition reveals the salt pans as a landscape of many faces. In the stillness of reflective waters and the geometry of winding channels, among halophytic plants, solitary salt workers’ houses and birds drifting above the flats, moments of silence intertwine with reflections of the sky and subtle movements of light. These photographs are more than portrayals of a landscape. They are intimate impressions of the bond between nature and humankind — a bond that, like salt itself, lives in rhythm with the sea.
Music: Denis Horvat (piano), DJ Benjamin Shock (presentation of the track Fleur de Sel, created in collaboration with the Abakkum Institute), part of the composition Solinarka (Brane Zorman, Irena Pivka, Maja Bjelica; CONA Institute and Muzofil Association)
Organizer: Portorož Tourist Board in cooperation with: Municipality of Piran, Okolje Piran Public Company, St. Bernardin Resort Portorož, Soline d.o.o., and Anbot Piran Association.
