Roma Camps in Italy - the architectural expression of state racism

Collage, photos, oil paint, 60x42cm, 2022

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The camp is the place where those perceived as different are confined, a technology of power and at the same time a device of governance. The 'nowhere', the 'non-place', where those who are considered "humanities of excessis" are relegated. The camp is the place where subjects, having lost their individuality, harnessed to massifying bureaucratic categories, redefine themselves on the basis of these same practices and categories. In this collage I have collected photos of different nomad camps from various Italian online newspapers that use racist articles to illustrate the degradation of people living in extreme social marginalisation.

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Foto by: Jana Kießer