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Digital Photography, Political / Social, Human figure, Architecture, Portrait, Landscape, Digital, 70x100cm
"Beyond the place" is a project which aiming to show the impact of words on the people's faces discriminated for their sexual orientation and to unearth the widespread and deep-rooted impact of homophobic acts into the italian society.
It is thus highlighted the sometimes surprising "banality of evil".
The project originates from a long collection of words obtained from free association in answer to the question "what's the first word that comes to mind when thinking about gay people?". More than two hundred people were interviewed on the italian streets and the majority responded with offensive references. the discrimination that goes beyond a specific place is deeply rooted in the minds of those who see the other as wrong. What effect do these words have on people's lives?
Various testimonies of gay people who have decided to denounce the insults received had been collected.
The project is presented in the form of a diptych: on the one hand, eyes, skin, hair, a face, an emotion, an expression of the reaction to an offensive nickname. On the other hand the place where the verbal, physical or psychological violence occurred.
It turns out that the most common places (schools, hospitals, public spaces) are the first containers of that suffering.
Every diptych reveals a word and a story, which had been recorded in various parts of italy from north to south, and every person react to a word collected from the sample of 250 people.
Photography: Federico Vespignani
Research and analysis: Sofia Cattelan, Federico Vespignani, Fabio Vignocchi, Marco Marinucci.
It is thus highlighted the sometimes surprising "banality of evil".
The project originates from a long collection of words obtained from free association in answer to the question "what's the first word that comes to mind when thinking about gay people?". More than two hundred people were interviewed on the italian streets and the majority responded with offensive references. the discrimination that goes beyond a specific place is deeply rooted in the minds of those who see the other as wrong. What effect do these words have on people's lives?
Various testimonies of gay people who have decided to denounce the insults received had been collected.
The project is presented in the form of a diptych: on the one hand, eyes, skin, hair, a face, an emotion, an expression of the reaction to an offensive nickname. On the other hand the place where the verbal, physical or psychological violence occurred.
It turns out that the most common places (schools, hospitals, public spaces) are the first containers of that suffering.
Every diptych reveals a word and a story, which had been recorded in various parts of italy from north to south, and every person react to a word collected from the sample of 250 people.
Photography: Federico Vespignani
Research and analysis: Sofia Cattelan, Federico Vespignani, Fabio Vignocchi, Marco Marinucci.
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