Federico Clavarino, Italia o Italia, 2024

Mysterious and labyrinthine, the photographs in “Italia o Italia” interweave reality and representation; flickering shadows draw figures on marble and brick walls, muted colors and the presence of mysterious symbols characterize the images of alleys and squares, recalling the world of de Chirico’s paintings.

Shards from the present intermingled with echoes from the past create an elusive elegy that the reader is invited to decipher, losing himself in a suspended and fragmented world.

Revised and expanded edition of the renowned publication by Akina Books (2014): 8 never-seen-before images and a new sequence.