“If you do not step outside yourself, you cannot know who you are.”
— José Saramago

The project originates from the encounter with the homonymous work by José Saramago and with its imagery suspended between philosophical fable, poetic traversal, and tension toward the unknown.

At the centre of the research lies the idea of travel as a profound human necessity: not a geographical displacement, but an existential condition shaped by desire, doubt, transformation, and the search for new horizons.

The unknown island becomes the symbol of everything that escapes already-charted maps, of what remains invisible until someone decides to set out on a journey. The project observes travel as a space of mutual discovery, relationship, and the possibility of imagining new forms of community.

Its imagery engages with the sea, the horizon, navigation, and landscape as inner metaphors, constructing a poetic dramaturgy capable of speaking both to adult audiences and to young and family audiences alike.