Micro-Stories of Contemporary Archaeology
I have always been fascinated by waste, by the wear and tear of objects, by those things many consider scraps—but which can sometimes reveal unexpected surprises to those who know how to look.
So I began taking three-dimensional shots inside compacted paper bales (destined to become recycled paper). Then I started photographing waste at a recycling center.
Magically, day after day, as if piecing together a puzzle, small stories began to emerge—micro-stories of our daily lives: love, passion, sports, food, and glimpses of contemporary life.
The project took shape in a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art “Castello di Masnago” in Varese and in a bilingual catalog published by Silvana Editoriale. In addition to critical essays by Roberto Mutti and the renowned photographer Giovanni Gastel, the catalog also includes a contribution by Italian researcher Federica Bertocchini, who recounts her discovery of worms that eat plastic—and how nature itself tries to fight pollution spontaneously.
