This cover design project began as a collaboration with the Italian author, screenwriter and director Alessandra Arcieri, for her cryptic futuristic novel Proiezione Origami. The book was published in 2015 by ilmiolibro self publishing and described as a romanzo cyberzen: a cyberpunk-leaning, dystopian story in which consciousness, code, combat, role-playing logic and spiritual circuitry blur into one unfolding stream.

“Rome, New York, Bombay. What will be the next target?”

Set in a fragmented future, the narrative moves through transcontinental power plays, high-stakes psycho-games and mythic figures recast inside digital landscapes. Its protagonist, Agent Alpha, must decode a layered conspiracy built by a corporate demiurge. Her mission is hidden inside Walt Whitman’s I Sing the Body Electric — not simply as a literary reference, but as a kind of hacked anthem for the electrified self.

It all began during a casual evening at Bar dello Sport in Serramonacesca, with friends, locals, and the unmistakable red glow of Campari Soda bottles on the tables. The bar had that warm, informal energy that small Abruzzo villages can suddenly produce at night: half conversation, half improvisation, and always the feeling that something could be decided over the next round.

At some point, the idea came up for a Campari-sponsored jam session night. A poster was needed, preferably something more memorable than the usual bar flyer. I was there as a musician, but also as a graphic designer, and I offered to take care of the artwork. By the time I walked back home late that night, the idea had already started to mutate into something stranger and more personal.