In this project I am attempting to embody the mountain; its inhabitants and its matter. In response to the energy and waste intensive quarrying, its environmental impact and its irreversible damage to the landscape, I walked 28km (14km twice) from the mountain village of Colonnata to the beach adjacent to the Port of Marina Di Carrara, Italy, carrying and trailing my body weight in marble dust as I walked.
In the 10 hours that it took me to walk and trail 49kg of marble dust, the trucks that passed by me on the road transported daily quota of marble waste, I worked out that the load I was carrying was approximately 0.0018926244284047371% of the loads the trucks were transporting.