The ongoing photographic research “Death is a Photograph” by Nausicaa Giulia Bianchi stems from a reflection on mourning and extends to contribute to the field of death studies, offering a visual and artistic approach to a subject often neglected or taboo in contemporary culture. The project engages with a wide range of experiences that intertwine life and death: from fatal accidents to organ transplants, near-death experiences, taxidermy, mediums, murderers, undertakers, and ghost hunters. The artist challenges the stereotypes and prejudices surrounding death to foster a deeper, more individual understanding of our own existence.

“Madre” by Marisol Mendez was born from a desire to celebrate the diversity and complexity of Bolivian culture through a renewed representation of femininity. The project became a cathartic process of reimagining Bolivia’s history through the figure of the woman. Each portrait evokes a blend of references rooted in magical realism and Andean baroque, weaving together myth and reality, truth and fiction. The result is a rich visual landscape that liberates iconographic spaces, abundant in diversity, and redeems the future through the recovery of an eluded past.

The documentary “Melita טלמ†−mlṭ, refuge” by Anne Immelé reflects on the destiny of the Mediterranean by intersecting the ancient commercial routes of the Phoenicians with those of today’s migrants. This exploration intertwines traces of the past with the vicissitudes of the present, opening spaces for reflection on the notions of refuge and hospitality. From the caves and remains of Phoenician shelters in Malta, to the quarry of Favignana, to the beaches of Tunisia—where the dreams of refugees sometimes run aground—the photographs, rooted in the geopolitical complexity of contemporary migration, move beyond reportage to propose a poetic trajectory.

The installation “Melita טלמ†−mlṭ, refuge” (2022–23) by Anne Immelé, presented in preview at Lab27 in Treviso, anticipates a series of exhibitions scheduled for 2024: CNAP (Centre national des arts plastiques), Spazju Kreattiv (Malta), Malta Biennale 2024, EgliseArt Palermo, the Institut Français of Palermo, the French Embassy in Malta, the Institut Français of Turin, and JAOU PHOTO Tunisia.

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