Mara Palena, Oikeiôsis

Oikeiôsis

Mara Palena

Publisher
Witty Books
Year
2023
ISBN
979-12-80177-32-2
Specifications
Soft cover
17 x 24 cm
304 pages
500 copies
Design by Giovanni Murolo
Text by Matilde Scaramellini
SURPRIZE 2022 award
Supported by Fondazione Marcelo Burlon

Drawing on the Stoic concept of oikeiôsis — self-knowledge as the sole tool for self-fulfilment — Mara Palena assembles analog images shot from childhood to the present. The photographs are subjected to continuous alteration controlled by an individual state of conscience, sometimes fragile and melancholic, sometimes sharp. A shared mnemonic archive that triggers empathy in the viewer.

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