The project entitled Lost Identities started at the beginning of 2011 with studies undertaken in former Italian psychiatric institutes.
The research, which started with an in-depth investigation of early twentieth-century legal photography, consists of photographic and archival searches. An analysis of the material showed features and aesthetic values that were closer to art than psychiatry.
The works were realized with due respect and consideration for the constraints of the archive and privacy, investigating some of the mechanisms that influenced the physical appearance and identity of the people studied.
The study of documents such as medical reports and records, personal letters, notes and diagnoses was the main instrument for the realization of the work.
The project entitled Lost Identities started at the beginning of 2011 with studies undertaken in former Italian psychiatric institutes.
The research, which started with an in-depth investigation of early twentieth-century legal photography, consists of photographic and archival search. An analysis of the material showed features and aesthetic values that were closer to art than psychiatry.
The works were realized with due respect and consideration for the constraints of the archive and privacy, investigating some of the mechanisms that influenced the physical appearance and identity of the people studied.
The study of documents such as medical reports and records, personal letters, notes and diagnoses was the main instrument for the realization of the work.
The project entitled Lost Identities started at the beginning of 2011 with studies undertaken in former Italian psychiatric institutes.
The research, which started with an in-depth investigation of early twentieth-century legal photography, consists of photographic and archival searches. An analysis of the material showed features and aesthetic values that were closer to art than psychiatry.
The works were realized with due respect and consideration for the constraints of the archive and privacy, investigating some of the mechanisms that influenced the physical appearance and identity of the people studied.
The study of documents such as medical reports and records, personal letters, notes and diagnoses was the main instrument for the realization of the work.
The project entitled Lost Identities started at the beginning of 2011 with studies undertaken in former Italian psychiatric institutes.
The research, which started with an in-depth investigation of early twentieth-century legal photography, consists of photographic and archival searches. An analysis of the material showed features and aesthetic values that were closer to art than psychiatry.
The works were realized with due respect and consideration for the constraints of the archive and privacy, investigating some of the mechanisms that influenced the physical appearance and identity of the people studied.
The study of documents such as medical reports and records, personal letters, notes and diagnoses was the main instrument for the realization of the work.
The artwork titled Lost identities was created in 2012 and presented at dOCUMENTA (13) within The Worldly House, Karlsaue Park – Kassel. It is part of a large project born in early 2011 in the spaces of former mental institutions in northern Italy. The research, which starts from the study of early twentieth-century criminal photography, is characterized by photographic investigation and archival research.
The study of the material has highlighted characters and aesthetic values that are closer to art than to psychiatry with strong analogies towards signage, judicial practice, and criminal photography.
The video work Lost identities was built respecting archival constraints and trying to investigate some influential aspects of the physical / identity aspect. The study of documents such as clinical records and diaries, personal letters, notes, and diagnoses was the main tool for the realization of the work.
