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Photography and Invisible Borders
Spaces of Imagination between Switzerland and Italy
Series: - Research / Art / Writing, Volume: 1
Author:
Think of national borders beyond just lines: this invitation guides Nicoletta Grilloâs journey into the Swiss-Italian border, a journey shaped through the lens of photography theory and practice. Moving between contemporary cross-border work and south-north migrations, this study unveils todayâs borderscapes as dynamic constellations of spatial practices and imaginations. The book delves into landscape representations by combining the analysis of contemporary photographic artwork with field research and with the authorâs own photographs, displayed in an extensive photo-textual travelogue. Perspectives from critical border studies, research in the arts, and urban studies come together to offer a larger reflection on the re-imagination of borderscapes.
Nicoletta Grillo, Ph.D. (1991), is an artist and researcher. She is an Assistant Professor in Visual Arts at Hasselt University in Belgium.
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
1 Stones, Leaves, Waters, and Barbed Wire
â1âPlates: Pietre, Foglie, Acque, e Filo Spinato (2017â2019), Nicoletta Grillo
â2âPlates Captions
â3âAlong the Swiss-Italian Border
â4âPhotographs as Traces of the Invisible
2 Borderscapes
â1âThinking on the Margins
â2âScape as Political Aesthetic
â3âBetween Representation and Experience
3 From Here, to There, and Back
â1âVisible Cartographies and Shifting Lines
â2âBodies Labouring at the Border
â3âPeople on the Move
4 Constellations
â1âAt the Southernmost Point
â2âHenri Lefebvre, Representation, and Space
â3âPhotographic Re-Imaginations of Lampedusa
5 A Travelogue from the Field
â1âBorderscaping: Some Methodological Notes
â2âPlates: Travelling Flowers and Other Stories (2019â2021), Nicoletta Grillo
â3âPlates Captions
â4âRoad to the Border
â5âWoods
â6âFactories
â7âWalking at Dawn
â8âTrain to the North
â9âParking Lots
â10âWalking at Night
â11âBrothels
List of Figures
1 Stones, Leaves, Waters, and Barbed Wire
â1âPlates: Pietre, Foglie, Acque, e Filo Spinato (2017â2019), Nicoletta Grillo
â2âPlates Captions
â3âAlong the Swiss-Italian Border
â4âPhotographs as Traces of the Invisible
2 Borderscapes
â1âThinking on the Margins
â2âScape as Political Aesthetic
â3âBetween Representation and Experience
3 From Here, to There, and Back
â1âVisible Cartographies and Shifting Lines
â2âBodies Labouring at the Border
â3âPeople on the Move
4 Constellations
â1âAt the Southernmost Point
â2âHenri Lefebvre, Representation, and Space
â3âPhotographic Re-Imaginations of Lampedusa
5 A Travelogue from the Field
â1âBorderscaping: Some Methodological Notes
â2âPlates: Travelling Flowers and Other Stories (2019â2021), Nicoletta Grillo
â3âPlates Captions
â4âRoad to the Border
â5âWoods
â6âFactories
â7âWalking at Dawn
â8âTrain to the North
â9âParking Lots
â10âWalking at Night
â11âBrothels
Researchers in contemporary art history, artistic research and practice-based research, photography, visual culture, border studies, urban and landscape studies.