Axel Islandis a video made inside the Rio Martino cave on Marittime Alps in which the artist relates the phenomenon she witnesses in the deep abysses of the earth with the special effects of cinema. The title refers to the island that Otto, Hans and Axel encountered in theirJourney to the Centre of the Earthin Jules Verne's book when, immersed in the underground worlds for many days, they sighted a floating body in the distance, violently pouring liquid upwards, and mistook it for an enormous primordial cetacean. The surprise of being in front of a geyser for the group of travelers becomes the same as the artist’s fascination at something unimaginable. (by Elisa del Prete)