Carceri dei Danni Collaterali

By merging multiple images of bombed and destroyed buildings in Syria, the artist creates Carceri dei Danni Collaterali (Prisons of Collateral Damage). A title inspired by and referring to Giovanni Battista Piranesi's 16 famous prison etchings Carceri d'Invenzione. These etchings were created in a tradition called capriccio, fantasy aggregations of structures that didn’t exist in real life. With his Carceri dei Danni Collaterali, Weistra creates contemporary 'aggregation of structures'. Compilations and assemblages of bombed buildings, symbolizing the prisons Syrian civilians are forced to live in, being unable to leave their cities under attack.