Climate Emergency: Photographing the Aftermath to Change the Future
@ Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago
500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 30th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
In May 2023, heavy rainfall caused devastating flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Over 50,000 people were displaced and 15 died as the worst floods in 100 years caused 10 billion euros worth of damage to buildings, infrastructures, farming, and agricultural businesses. Over 23 rivers overflowed at once submerging 41 towns—including Bologna, Forli, Cesena, and Ravenna—and communities in thick, gray mud. The humanitarian crisis that followed brought the nation together—armies of wellies-wearing volunteers armed with shovels and buckets descended upon the area to help those in need.
Photographer Silvia Camporesi, who lives in Forli, documented the events, building day by day an unprecedented archive of devastation and hope that only the eye of an experienced and compassionate artist could compile. In this conversation, Art Historian from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Giovanni Aloi and Camporesi dwell on the ethical and aesthetic complications involved in the creation of this haunting and iconic series of photographs. Together, they question the importance of documentaristic legacies and the need for poetic interventions in the aftermath of incommensurable trauma.
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