Alessia Rollo. Visual Narratives of the Italian South
Research Exhibition curated by Viviana Costagliola
- Date: Apr 17, 2024
- Speaker: Exhibition curated by Viviana Costagliola
- Location: Palazzo Zuccari (Foyer, Sala Terrena, Sala del Disegno)
- Contact: costagliola@biblhertz.it
Parallel Eyes is
Rollo’s exploration of the culture of Southern Italy, which she herself belongs to, and consists of two main components: one
involves manipulating archival photographs taken by various photojournalists in
the 1950s and 1960s, here displayed alongside selected photographs by Franco
Pinna and Chiara Samugheo, as well as Ernesto di Martino’s books
about Southern
Italian rituals and culture. The other documents historical Southern rituals that are still practiced
today. A video installation shows how
Rollo alters images using digital and analog tools, such as painting on negatives, or
pinning photographs. Rollo aims to reassess
the depiction of her roots in visual and sociological terms, delving into a
realm of symbols, archetypes, and emotions. The primary goal of this project is to propose a new
visual narrative about the Italian South to shift perceptions of the past and
inspire a new outlook for the future.
Alessia Rollo (1982) is a visual
artist born in southern Italy, where she currently lives and works. After
graduating in visual communication from the University of Perugia, she
completed a master’s degree in creative photography at EFTI (Spain) in 2009.
Her projects focus on the Mediterranean area and aim to challenge its main
narratives by addressing social and visual stereotypes, both past and present,
in order to offer a different perspective on the Mediterranean region. By
reappropriating local histories and utilizing related visual materials, her
projects often seek to broaden the understanding of the communities she
explores. Recent solo and group exhibitions include: “Parallel Eyes”,
Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia (2023) and Pinacoteca e Museo del fuoco,
Novoli, Italy (2022); “An endless day”, Gallery NetPlus, Cesson-Sévigné, France (2021); “Fata Morgana”: Italian Embassy,
Madrid, Spain (2020); “How to build a
temple How to build the true”, Istituto Italiano di cultura, Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia (2019).
Exhibition dates: April 17 – September 12, 2024
Access information
to the exhibition:
Via Gregoriana 30
00187 Rome
Mon-Fri 9:30 am – 6:30 pm
Research Exhibition curated by Viviana Costagliola