Take Me to Live with You. A Social Family Album

I’ve always loved visiting the homes of others, not so much to see how people lived their daily lives, but in order to try and understand them better, and in my turn feel accepted by them, becoming part of their lives. These elderly people and their homes serve as parental figures, who have certain cultural, political and moral values to share. I would like to preserve these values for future generations.

Involved in this narrative there are people who are part of italian society’s collective memory, having joined the partisan movement, feminism, culture and politics, the fight for civil and women’s rights, the fight against terrorism and mafia, but that are also part of my personal memory. It is a meditation upon ideals to pass on to future generations. A social family album where spaces, objects, images and texts related to this people are communicating on his or her behalf. They could be considered ideal parents, precisely because during their lives they have embodied fundamental values. Between the lines lies the relationship with my father, encapsulated by his final illness.

Photobook: Kehrer Verlag, (October 2021) “Take Me to Live with You. A Social Family Album”. Essay by Roberta Valtorta. Designed by Sonia Lenzi, Ramon Pez and Kehrer Design. 12 x 23 cm, 208 pages. English/Italian.

Exhibition:  Blue Sky, Portland, Oregon, USA (December 2021).