Pairings: Ilenia Cassale

Ilenia Cassale

Bar Assistant

I am a mother of two from Rome. I have been living in Cambridge since 2004 and working for Trinity College since 2008. My son, Lucas, is four years old and he really likes to come and visit me at my place of work. Of course, on his first visit he wanted to run on the grass. It was difficult for me to explain that this is forbidden, as only Fellows are allowed to walk on the lawns.

I enjoy the fact that in this picture, he’s just about to launch himself across the grass. But of course he did not. My Pairing asks questions about how we explain to ourselves the boundaries, seen and unseen, that people face. There Lucas is, taking pleasure in a sunny day. It’s a moment of freedom, a moment before rules.