Spazio Disponibile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petros, Dawit L., Artist.

Contributor:

Alsaden, Amin, Editor.

Anderson, Sean, Contributor.

De Blois, Nathalie, Editor, Translator.

Bombelli, Ilaria, Contributor.

Brierre, Dominic, Translator.

Campolmi, Irene, Curator, Contributor.

Fiore, Teresa, Contributor.

Gallanti, Fabrizio, Contributor.

Gualandris, Matteo, Contributor.

Hajdin, Nives, Editor.

Harney, Elizabeth, Contributor.

Mieli, Vittoria, Contributor.

Negash, Ghirmai, Contributor.

Park, Liz, Editor, Contributor.

Pham, Tak, Contributor.

Pomerance, Shelley, Editor.

Stanley, Jack, Editor.

Verna, Gaëtane, Editor.

Library Stack, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopolitics.

Border security.

Historiography.

Imperialism.

Modern movement (Architecture).

Photography, Artistic.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc..

Border Regimes.

Colonialism.

Photography.

Refugees.

Genre:

Discursive works

Exhibition catalogs.

Essay Collection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified], Mackenzie Art Gallery, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified], Mousse, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified], The Power Plant, 2022.

[Place of publication not identified], University at Buffalo Art Galleries, 2022.

Summary:

"Spazio Disponibile is a critical reconsideration of the relationship between African histories and European modernism, particularly that of modern Italy. Alluding to vacant advertising sections that appeared in Rivista Coloniale, a widely circulated early 20th century magazine and the official organ of the Italian colonial project, the title is also a reference to the colonial gaze that viewed the lands of Africa as 'available' space to occupy and exploit. The catalog reflects Petros's art and research into the complex layers of colonial and postcolonial histories connecting East Africa and Europe. Employing archival materials collected over a period of seven years, documents that attest to the Italian presence in Ethiopia and Eritrea between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Petros has developed an expansive suite of works that reflect on the lingering effects of colonial memory. Composed of a multimedia installation of serigraphs, photographs, sculptural works, a film and soundscape, the works highlight the ties between the contemporary resurgence of nationalism and a suppressed colonial past."-- provided by distributor.

Notes:

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