Project room Spazio Labò, Bologna. Opening of the exhibition Mor. Storia delle mie madri, by Sara Garagnani, with a special book selection from Leporello on the road

Mor is a family fresco that unfolds through the history of four generations of women, between Sweden and Italy. As the events unfold, the author tells how unprocessed trauma can be passed from generation to generation, from mother to daughter, like a witness that passes from hand to hand. Psychological and sometimes physical violence spreads, generating depression, addictions, delusions of perfectionism, obsessions, blackmail, secrets… even generations apart. In the Swedish language “mor” means mother, “mormor” (mother’s mother) grandmother, and so on: the word itself suggests recursiveness.