Silvia Rosi’s Disintegrata explores the link between photography, memory and the diaspora, to narrate a story of family mobility.
With self-portraits, Rosi turns personal stories into collective narratives, by delving into the relationship between the private and public dimensions of photography.
Born in Scandiano to Togolese parents, the artist reconstructs scenes inspired by the family album through the staging of self-portraits in which she poses as her mother.
In evoking the tradition of West African studio photography that recalls artists such as Malick Sidibé, Felicia Abban and James Barnor, Rosi explores the concepts of displacement and representation, that of transit and belonging.
Rosi performs a past that has never been experienced but is part of her legacy, inviting us to rethink personal archives not only as memories of the past, but also of the future.