Alessia Rollo
Fata Morgana
Published by Eciones Anómalas, 2019
Size: 20 x 26 cm
Pages 80 pages
Hardcover
Languages: Spanish and English
ISBN 978-84-09-08443-2
“Fata Morgana is the name of a complex mirage that distorts objects and then fades very quickly. Fata Morgana is visible from my region in the southern part of Italy, Salento, and it gives the illusion to see Albanian mountains from the Adriatic Sea: but to me it represents a powerful metaphor of contemporary geopolitical situation.
Salento, like all of Europe, has recently become a place of wonder and hope for people who are fleeing from Africa or Middle East: but the pictures published by the newspapers often reduce migrants lives to few and common stereotypes or to a transitional moment of their existence.
This project is a storytelling in between reality and fiction in which the spectator is invited to recreate his own story, fill up the gaps and give to the characters of the book the possibility to double themselves and transform into someone else. The possibility of dreaming, which is a fundamental aspect of the existence of all human beings.” - Publisher (Eciones Anómalas)
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“Fata Morgana is the name of a complex mirage that distorts objects and then fades very quickly. Fata Morgana is visible from my region in southern Italy, Salento, and it gives the illusion of seeing the Albanian mountains from the Adriatic Sea: but for me it represents a powerful metaphor for the contemporary geopolitical situation.
Salento, like all of Europe, has recently become a place of wonder and hope for people fleeing Africa or the Middle East: but the images published by newspapers often reduce the lives of migrants to a few common stereotypes or to a transitional moment in their existence.
This project is a narrative between reality and fiction in which the viewer is invited to recreate his own story, fill in the gaps and give the characters in the book the opportunity to double themselves and transform into someone else. The possibility of dreaming, which is a fundamental aspect of the existence of all human beings. - Publisher (Eciones Anómalas)