Sanità
Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva
Rua de São Paulo 1
Monday–Friday: 9:30am–5:30pm
Saaturday: 9:30am–12:30pm
‘Sanità’ is a portrait of intimate life in the Rione Sanità .It is a love letter dedicated to a way of living that we have forgotten, and to its authenticity. The Rione Sanità, situated in the heart of Napoli, is one of Europe’s most densely populated places. The district, born as a residential area for aristocratic families, has become one of the most complex in Napoli.
The Rione Sanità is developed in a depression: it is an urban reality in itself, which is not necessary to cross to move from one side of the city to another. This isolation has led to the proliferation of various social problems such as unemployment, school dropouts and the presence of criminal organizations. In recent years there has been a great revaluation of the area which began in particular with the enhancement of the artistic and cultural heritage of the district. At the centre of my work are the inhabitants of the district and their daily life suspended between the stigma of marginality and the great economic and political processes of gentrification. Among the inhabitants of the Rione Sanità has grown a strong sense of belonging. The district welcomes a vast humanity with different geographical origins and different personal stories. This diversity is a wealth.Inside these doors and windows you can find an amazing energy of life full of dignity where precious authentic stories tell the nature of humanity in everyday life. The Rione Sanità is solitude and love, irony and tragedy, faith and sin, delicacy and tribalism, harmonious melody and coarse screams. The contrasts generate surreal existences.The street and the house merge together. The private becomes public, and the public hides the secrets of the private. Silence is a rare gift for these alleys, but in its revelation you rediscover the naked and immense soul of a forgotten humanity.
Ciro Battiloro
Ciro Battiloro (Torre del Greco, 1984) is an italian photorapher based in Napoli. He studied philosophy at “Federico II” University.He uses a very intimate approach and throught everyday life he discusses more general’s social thematics. In particular his research of the last years is focused on some urban marginalities in South Italy. In 2015 he was selected for the 2nd edition of LAB, Irregular Laboratory created by Antonio Biasiucci.He was selected for the artistic residencies: Bocs Art ,Up-Urban People, Tremplin Jeunes talent. His works have been published in several magazines and been exposed in different museum/galleries: Galleria Lia Rumma, Galleria del Cembalo, SMMAVE Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Galerie vom Zufall und vom Glück...and festivals: Planches Contact, Photo Is:rael, Festival de photo MAP Toulouse, In Cadaques, Helsinki Photo Festival, Cortona on the Move Festival, IMP Festival-International Month of Photojournalism.
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