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April 2020
DEMOCRAZIA DIRETTA
"The presumption that what exists must necessarily exist is the corrosive acid of any imaginative thought."
Murray Bookchin
In this long twilight of representative democracy, the very idea of politics - once the active participation of an entire community in social life - risks losing all relevance precisely because it has been reduced to a mere technique of state organization, moreover entrusted to groups of "professionals" - politicians, of course, but also bureaucrats, magistrates, soldiers, etc. - who practice a form of institutional
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March 2021
Alfa – Beta
The first edition of Alfa-Beta, was published in 1964 by Progresso Grafico and distributed by G.B. Paravia & C. The cover price was 5,000 Italian liras. This book is a testament to Aldo Novarese’s overall work and design ethos. It is a highly specific vision of the discipline, written by a practitioner, describing the evolution of writing. He stakes no claim on completeness or scientific rigor, but rather outlines the field in a highly fun
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October 2021
Devoir de Mémoire / A Biography of Disappearance
As many as 20,000 people disappeared in Algeria in the decade following the cancellation of the 1992 general election. Using the testimony of the families of some of those who have disappeared, Omar D’s photographs present the places where events occurred, their relationship to the surrounding urban and rural landscapes and the lives of those who have been affected. Ultimately, these images seek to prevent a repressive state from obliterating the memory of so many of
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