#5 LOMBROSO (Danger is ubiquitous, ever-present)
Embroidery on Fabric
From a series of interior fabrics embroidered from photo-portraits from the criminal record of Cesare Lombroso. The fabrics, correspond to our private spaces, and to the increasingly present Gated Communities. Lombroso’s face appears as the ghostly image of violence, always stalking in the shadows. The project centers on the opacity of our perception of the world and the continuous sense of danger, be it real or fictitious, in our lives.
At police training schools around the world, Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909) still continues to be studied. He came up with a pseudo-scientific, racist catalogue of criminal typologies based on the facial makeup of criminals and the color of their skin. Even today, the criminal categories created by Lombroso are part of our way of comparing ourselves with the world and of determining when to be suspicious, fearful or curious of others.
The media constantly floods us with news of danger related to terrorism, immigration, illness, and brutal crimes. The emphasis is on the effects of these crimes as opposed to their possible causes. As a result, we are encompassed by nebulous uncertainty and fear, which leave us dazed and distorted.
From a series of interior fabrics embroidered from photo-portraits from the criminal record of Cesare Lombroso. The fabrics, correspond to our private spaces, and to the increasingly present Gated Communities. Lombroso’s face appears as the ghostly image of violence, always stalking in the shadows. The project centers on the opacity of our perception of the world and the continuous sense of danger, be it real or fictitious, in our lives.
At police training schools around the world, Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909) still continues to be studied. He came up with a pseudo-scientific, racist catalogue of criminal typologies based on the facial makeup of criminals and the color of their skin. Even today, the criminal categories created by Lombroso are part of our way of comparing ourselves with the world and of determining when to be suspicious, fearful or curious of others.
The media constantly floods us with news of danger related to terrorism, immigration, illness, and brutal crimes. The emphasis is on the effects of these crimes as opposed to their possible causes. As a result, we are encompassed by nebulous uncertainty and fear, which leave us dazed and distorted.
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