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My name is Federico and I am an artist and researcher from Madrid based in Turin.
My practice seeks to connect three elements to the effects of capitalism: the social construction of European identities, the existence of underrepresented regional cultures, and the implications for local ecosystems. During the past four years, I have worked with people in other fields and groups of political action, establishing long lasting relations that have resulted in artistic and research projects.

In 2017, I started the collective Prom with three other people based around the continent. Based on some of these contexts, we have explored the political implications of art in the public sphere and the possibilities of col-lectivizing artistic practice. Our activity has included audiovisual and editorial productions.

During the last years, I have developed several projects related to the multiple repercussions of technological development in Northern Italy (Carrara - Turin). To do so, I have based my investigations on three points: (i) re-searching in self-managed archives, (ii) engaging with different groups of political action, (iii) collaborating with anthropologists and people from other fields. The results of these studies pursued an emphasis in different areas.

In Carrara, I concentrate on the impact of technology in the identity of the quarrymen; the history of the an-archist groups and the consequences of the quarry enclosures, and the legal possibilities of liberating from its copyrights the Istituto Luce records shot during the fascist period in Carrara.

In Turin, I am still developing my research focusing on the social struggles in the seventies related to the post-fordist processes. On the other hand, I study the cultural strategies generated in that decade as a way to find strategies applicable to the actual moment.

With this in mind, my projects follow to show underrepresented realities and create “counter-power weapons” through art that changes the biased historical and social constructs that obscure our vision of the world.


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