When summer ends in Sardinia, the mistral reshapes the coast: between the retreating sea and the traces of mass tourism, a fragile beach ecosystem emerges, suspended between land and water.
Every year in Sardinia, the summer is swept away by the strong Mistral wind and the first rains of September and October. Along with it, kiosks, parasols, sunbeds, canoes, surfboards, sunscreens, small boats and deck chairs disappear. The sea rises, it gets rough, the air gets cooler, the plastic chairs are piled up in the wooden kiosks just behind the beaches and the outdoor tables are removed. This year is no different. Researchers and volunteers try to glue together the fragments scattered here and there by increasing mass tourism. The sea tries to take back what belongs to it, for the short time we let it. Everything becomes more intimate, private and cosy.
