Sofia Cambiaggio

S.Ciro Display is the result of a week-long residency in Atena Lucana (SA) promoted by Archivio Atena and centered around the concept of the Census.

Through interactions with the locals in Atena Lucana, site of a miracle attributed to S. Ciro, I discovered that in this place, faith seeks tangible signs, and the truth of faith is conveyed through staging: the procession is a simulation, the reenactment is a theatrical representation, votive objects become part of a set, and the site of the miracle becomes the stage.

The care for these places and rituals is a tangible gesture of devotion to the Saint.

In my project, I mapped the route of the procession of S. Ciro through a sequence of shots taken by carrying the camera at shoulder height, simulating the movements of the statue when carried by the faithful.

I then reconstructed, in six shots, the floor plan of the chapel of S. Nicola where the miraculous event occurred and produced a series of photographs of the Sanctuary of S. Ciro, inside of which objects and furnishings were wrapped in plastic sheets to protect them during renovation work. Finally, I aimed to construct a visual atlas of votive and devotional objects dedicated to the saint and photographed the chronicle of the miracle, framed and hung in the Pilgrim's Room adjacent to the sanctuary. All these interventions converge in defining a single display that aims to provide a collective view of devotion actively constructed by an entire community through its places, gestures, and rituals.

Photographer: Sofia Cambiaggio — Graphic designer: Roberto Lenza — Supervisors: Luca Capuano e Alessandro Imbriaco — Print: Skillpress — ISIA U 2023

S.Ciro Display is the result of a week-long residency in Atena Lucana (SA) promoted by Archivio Atena and centered around the concept of the Census.

The care for these places and rituals is a tangible gesture of devotion to the Saint.

Photographer: Sofia Cambiaggio — Graphic designer: Roberto Lenza — Supervisors: Luca Capuano e Alessandro Imbriaco — Print: Skillpress — ISIA U 2023

Sofia Cambiaggio is an artist born (2000, Italy) and raised in Milan. Working predominantly with photography and graphic she explores different media like installations, video and editorial displays. She is now attending a MA Photography at ISIA Urbino.

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EDUCATION
[MA]2022–/ Photography – ISIA Urbino
[BA]2019–22 Communication Design – Politecnico di Milano

WORKSHOP+TALK

[T]2024 Making Visible the Invisible. Body, Archive and Resistance – Angelica Pesarini

[T]2024 Museo delle opacità – Matteo Lucchetti

[W]2023 Come to see my backyard – Erik Kessels
[W]2023 Counter-surveillance – Adam Broomberg

[T]2023 Immagini e Processi: per una sperimentazione tecnica e concettuale – Giorgio Di Noto

[W]2023 Re-reading the museum – Joan Fontcuberta

[W]2023 Incontrare gli archivi nel mezzo della ricerca comunitaria – Viviana Gravano, Maria Thereza Alvez

[W]2023 Index Naturae. Il Libro Dei Libri – Stefania Rossl, Massimo Sordi (OMNE)

[W]2023 Fotografo quindi stampo – Antonio Manta
[W]2022 Unsafe Game – Politecnico di Milano, ATS Insubria

EXHIBITION+SCREENING

[S]2024 Archivio Aperto 17th edition, Lezioni d'archivio: INCOMbenze – Ex Chiesa di San Mattia, Bologna
[E]2024 Positioning Practices – Villa Romana, Firenze
[E]2023 Incomplete Itinerary. 24 contemporary churches in Lombardy – Spazio Rumore ISIA U, Urbino
[E]2023 INVENTARIO, Archivio Atena – Atena Lucana
[E]2023 Camere con vista. San Benedetto/Pesaro. Andata e ritorno – Rocca Roveresca, Senigallia
[E]2023 I frammenti e il tutto: Catalogo in Catalogo – Palazzo Ducale di Urbino

WORK

2024–/ Digital Assistant at D2Uno Photography Studio.

PUBLICATIONS

2024 – "The Art of Memory", catalogue of Archivio aperto 17th edition – Fondazione Home Movies
2024 Positioning Practices curated by Jonathan Pierini, Matteo Guidi, Silvana Amato, Alessandro Carrer, Armin Linke – Corraini Edizioni
2023 Il Palazzo Ducale di Urbino. I frammenti e il tutto curated by Luca Molinari – Marsilio

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