Francesco Di Giovanni's 'The Flag Relocation' at Galleria Maria Livia Brunelli
Francesco Di Giovanni's video work 'The Flag Relocation' is currently on view at Galleria Maria Livia Brunelli in Ferrara until November 16. The piece features Sami, a ten-year-old Ethiopian girl, wrapping the European flag with 'fragile' tape, reducing its twelve stars to one—representing Italy as her new home after adoption. Previously exhibited at Fondazione Brodbeck in Catania and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Guarene d'Alba, the work inverts the Freudian concept of Heimlich/Unheimlich, as curator Maria Chiara Wang explains. Di Giovanni's research centers on relocation as a metaphor for migration, explored through performance, photography, video, and installation.
Key facts
- Francesco Di Giovanni created 'The Flag Relocation'
- The video features Sami, a ten-year-old Ethiopian girl
- Sami wraps the European flag with 'fragile' tape
- The flag's twelve stars are reduced to one, representing Italy
- The work was exhibited at Fondazione Brodbeck in Catania and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Guarene d'Alba
- Currently on view at Galleria Maria Livia Brunelli in Ferrara until November 16
- Curator Maria Chiara Wang notes the inversion of the Freudian Heimlich/Unheimlich concept
- Di Giovanni's research focuses on relocation as a metaphor for migration
Entities
Artists
- Francesco Di Giovanni
Institutions
- Fondazione Brodbeck
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- Galleria Maria Livia Brunelli
Locations
- Catania
- Guarene d'Alba
- Ferrara
- Italy
- Ethiopia