Alessandro Vicario
Nel segreto di una Casa | In the Secrecy of a House
Every house - argues Mario Praz - is a 'museum of the soul', an 'archive of experiences', and not just a living space. But how to photograph a house full of layered memories? How to bring to light the history contained in the things, in the objects, in the traces left in a now deserted home?
Nel segreto di una casa (In the Secrecy of a Home, 2024) is Alessandro Vicario's latest work, which concludes the trilogy of Frammenti domestici (Domestic Fragments, 2004-2024).
Here the author is confronted with what remains of the house of two sisters he has never visited. At first confused by the strangeness of these places, he slowly comes to terms with them and, through his "photographic samples", grasps their universal dimension.
The book is available at the Hoepli bookshop in Milan and online.
Critical essay: Gigliola Foschi
Texts: English | Italian
Size: 23 x 23 cm
Pages: 60
Images: 18
Cover: Soft cover with flaps
Publisher: ELR Edizioni Le Ricerche, Locarno
ISBN: 9791280698261
Price: € 28,00
