I Terroni : Esuli | Samstag Project 'Vurgia' #2
This Project was made possible by the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
I Terroni is a series of images, video work & audio recordings resulting from my research into my families sentimental past identity, discovering how they continue to hold onto their cultural traditions in Australia, and how their beliefs are entrenched in the past and re-identified in present Italy.
‘From the first moment I flicked through an old family photo album, it was clear to me the incredibly powerful role of the photographic image. The evocative nature of the old photos opened up another world to me, leaving my imagination to fill in the rest of the story.’
Italian-Australians are participating in a continuous tradition, almost oblivious to the fact that their traditional culture and social structures have been modernized and are now all but gone. Their physical environment in Australia is an adoptive one, so they hold onto such things as family albums and decorative objects as sentimental testimony of a past identity.
I Terroni, the collective title of this body of work, is a term widely used in the north of Italy to describe the southern Italians. It is a derogatory statement, suggesting that the southerners who come from mainly provincial country areas are in fact bound to the terra (soil/earth). When I recently exhibited the I Terroni series in Italy, the title had to be changed to Esuli, meaning ‘exiles’.
Materials
All images are hand printed onto Fibre based Gloss paper (has a satin Finish) - Also available on Request is Matt paper & Hahnemuhle Art 300 (has an egg shell finish)
Dimensions
On all Square format prints | Print Size on Paper including 5mm black boarder all around with white paper rebate of 10mm all around. More white rebate can be arranged on request.
Details
All Images are hand printed to order & will be shipped within 2 weeks of purchase: Framed images will be shipped within 2-4 weeks.
Frames are made to order & will be supplied with non reflective glass & mounted set back from glass in a timber frame stained black. ( other colours or variation available only on request)
Also available via Request | Images are mounted directly onto Dibond (No frame) Artist advices this for works printed onto Matt paper & Hahnemuhle Art 300
Please Note
The ratio of images are square format.
Sizes for postage are for framed works.
Cost for postage of unframed works remain the same as framed works.
This Project was made possible by the Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
I Terroni is a series of images, video work & audio recordings resulting from my research into my families sentimental past identity, discovering how they continue to hold onto their cultural traditions in Australia, and how their beliefs are entrenched in the past and re-identified in present Italy.
‘From the first moment I flicked through an old family photo album, it was clear to me the incredibly powerful role of the photographic image. The evocative nature of the old photos opened up another world to me, leaving my imagination to fill in the rest of the story.’
Italian-Australians are participating in a continuous tradition, almost oblivious to the fact that their traditional culture and social structures have been modernized and are now all but gone. Their physical environment in Australia is an adoptive one, so they hold onto such things as family albums and decorative objects as sentimental testimony of a past identity.
I Terroni, the collective title of this body of work, is a term widely used in the north of Italy to describe the southern Italians. It is a derogatory statement, suggesting that the southerners who come from mainly provincial country areas are in fact bound to the terra (soil/earth). When I recently exhibited the I Terroni series in Italy, the title had to be changed to Esuli, meaning ‘exiles’.
Materials
All images are hand printed onto Fibre based Gloss paper (has a satin Finish) - Also available on Request is Matt paper & Hahnemuhle Art 300 (has an egg shell finish)
Dimensions
On all Square format prints | Print Size on Paper including 5mm black boarder all around with white paper rebate of 10mm all around. More white rebate can be arranged on request.
Details
All Images are hand printed to order & will be shipped within 2 weeks of purchase: Framed images will be shipped within 2-4 weeks.
Frames are made to order & will be supplied with non reflective glass & mounted set back from glass in a timber frame stained black. ( other colours or variation available only on request)
Also available via Request | Images are mounted directly onto Dibond (No frame) Artist advices this for works printed onto Matt paper & Hahnemuhle Art 300
Please Note
The ratio of images are square format.
Sizes for postage are for framed works.
Cost for postage of unframed works remain the same as framed works.