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March 2025

Presentation Thursday March 6th, 7 pm,

Romanzo Meticcio, by Davide Degano, published by Artphilein Editions

How can contemporary Italian identity be defined? Romanzo Meticcio examines the post-colonial condition of Italy as a fundamental element of contemporary life in the Bel Paese.In Davide Degano’s research, the prefix “post” takes on a progressive historical value. The project establishes a link between the present, the colonial past, and the intranational and international waves of migration, inviting a critical attitude towards the imperialist and fascist legacies o

February 2025

Presentation Wednesday March 12, 7 pm,

Frankenstein – If You Love Solitude, You Don’t Love Freedom, by OHT – Office for a Human Theatre, published by bruno

OHT closes the project on Frankenstein with a publication that brings together Filippo Andreatta’s research and travels as he retraces the creature’s favorite places and locations. A book that presents itself as a monstrous object: grafted between the pages of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley appear the stage forms and materials produced by OHT’s encounter with the novel. They are flaps, fragments, scraps of works whose life takes place elsewhere and which her

February 2025

Presentation Wednesday February 26th, 7 pm,

Almanac of forgotten memories, by Federico Possati, published by Leporello books and Skinnerboox

Federico Possati’s book was born out of a necessity to give meaning and weight to an ever-growing pile of images, an obsessive catalog of small treasures found in everyday life. Using the structure of an uncommon diary, images, and text come together creating a narrative that continues throughout its 365(-ish) pages. Like a diary, the book is divided into 12 chapters, but unlike a classical diary, each chapter recalls a month taken fr

January 2025

Presentation Tuesday, January 28th, 7 pm,

Nicola Moscelli, Dead End, published by Penisola edizioni

Dead End is a visual investigation that intersects the past and present of the border between the United States and Mexico developed by Nicola Moscelli during the three years of the pandemic. The leitmotif of the dead end, both physical and metaphorical, transcends the geographical boundary and weaves through the entire narrative, urging the reader to delve into the complex, innervated fabric of events and issues that the borderlands have witnessed since their inception. St

December 2024

On the road Friday 24 - Sunday 26 January 2025,

The Art Chapter 2025

We are pleased to be present this year, as well, at The Art Chapter along with artists, publishers and creatives from around the world. Workshops, talks, performances and music for an ongoing celebration of the artist's book. Friday, January 24, 2024, 6 - 9 pmSaturday, January 25, 2024, 11 am - 9 pmSunday, January 26, 2024, 11 am - 7 pm Joining us, Federico Possati, who will present Almanac of Forgotten Memories, published by Leporello Books and Skinnerboox, more details soon! Plus records from the Xong series and a spe

December 2024

Workshop Saturday 18 (10 am-7 pm) e Sunday 19 (10 am-2 pm) January 2025,

Narratives with images – the photographic book as a tool. A photographic storytelling workshop with Chiara Capodici and Israel Ariño.

The workshop will be held in Spanish at Negra Mosca in Barcelona, beginning on Saturday with a presentation of the participants' projects to then move on to different exercises analyzing and approaching storytelling through images. We will work together on creating different narratives, more open or closed, that will bring us closer to different ways of telling and interpreting stories. To participate bring 30-40 printed images of a project you are working on, as well