Ephemeral Freedom

Noto, Italy 2020

“Caminanti”, derives from the Sicilian term “camminanti”, which it means “the walkers”.
The caminanti are an "invisible" group of Sicilian wanderers, continuers of an ancient tradition centered on the word and on the sale of balloons. The "wandering Sicilians" are the last heirs of a culture based on movement, but they have made local traditions their own. They are Sicilian in every daily expression, from the cult of the countryside to the "good" cloth dress worn for Sunday mass, from the way of cooking and boning the animals to the symbolic gestures of the island, typical of those who have known the alternation of dominations various, finding in the gesture the only means of understanding. A colorful mimicry, that of the walkers, which derives from their wandering essence, because they are constantly in contact with foreign people and looking for a good way to communicate.

The project was realized during the participation of Arianna Todisco at the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII class 2020.
A Maatrice curated project.

Photographic book
The project on the invisible community of the Caminanti will become a photographic book with the digital publisher Selfself books.

Publication
Washington Post
BuzzFeed News
Rolling Stone
SkyTg24
BarlettaVIVA
i-D / Vice News

Exhibition
Rotterdam Photo Festival 2021 in partnership with Istituto Italiano di Cultura Amsterdam

Award
Shortlisted by Micheal Mack and Soharab Cura / MACK books for Der Grief Guest Room July 2021
Shortlisted for World Report Award | Documenting Humanity 2021 - Student Award Category at Festival della Fotografia Etica in Lodi, Italy

Lecture
Live instagram with Francesco Zizola - NOOR (Italian)
Live YouTube with NESSUNO[press] (italian)

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