Solastalgia

A project by visual artist Marina Vitaglione, that sheds light on an increasingly urgent environmental issue affecting the archipelago of 118 islands that make up the city of Venice, Italy. Venice is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and under a serious threat from the impact of climate change. Written in the voice of Venice – a city deserted by its inhabitants and sinking gradually into oblivion – this emotive book recalls its former life of grandeur and speculates on the outcome of its worsening predicament. Photographs are made from film negatives that lay soaking for weeks in the same Adriatic sea water that is actively deteriorating and swallowing the city. The book itself is suggesting the slow sinking of Venice.

Buy the book here (ENG version with and IT translation)
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