ORO ALLA PATRIA

2019

Oro alla Patria researches developmentalist and colonialist power structures in fascist Italy, through the history of the rationalist architecture built in its former African colonies. The project combines landscapes, failed utopias and different staging strategies, in order to rethink today’s forms of colonialism and totalitarianism. I approach the topic from the point of view of my own heritage of mixed identity (Peruvian-Italian). In the narrative of the project I point out unusual resonances by connecting events that, despite being physically and temporally as distant as the Peruvian and African colonial pasts, share uncanny similarities. For these initial pieces I focused on the case of Libya and developed a series of sculptures, a video and a text.



Oro alla Patria

Metal sculptures made in part from melted metal household objects, video, graphic documentation and publication.
variable dimentions
2019


Installation view. “Processi 146” at the Spanish Academy in Rome - IT. 2019




Oro alla Patria (still frame)

digital video
8’
2019



Oro alla Patria

Installation view. “Processi 146” at the Spanish Academy in Rome - IT. 2019




Oro alla Patria

detail



Oro alla Patria (still frame)

digital video
8’
2019



Oro alla Patria

detail



Oro alla Patria (still frame)

digital video
8’
2019



Oro alla Patria

Installation view. “Processi 146” at the Spanish Academy in Rome - IT. 2019



Oro alla Patria

publication
Spanish version here / Italian version here