A dark room, a few notes in the background and various images projected in the Neapolitan city on the ancient archives kept in the Hall of the Banco di Napoli.
These archives constitute a centuries-old documentation that. through original and rare texts dating back to the second half of the 500th century, it preserves the history of the city. Reading the "reasons for payment" of the time it is possible, in fact, to reconstruct the events of the Neapolitan people starting from the Spanish domination up to the present day.
And it is precisely on these immense shelves that preserve the story that the images are projected, hundreds of faces and things, chosen by the photographer Antonio Biasiucci.
Yes it is site-specific installation, "Multitudes ", promoted by the Banco di Napoli Foundation as part of the cultural project ilCartastorie and edited by Gianluca Riccio, which also provides CODEX, a series of photos from the Archive exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Naples until 18 July.
A real exaltation and covered by historical memory, which shakes the soul and enhances the link between the present and the past.
The installation will be present until 31 July at the Salone dell'Archivio Storico del Banco di Napoli (via de Tribunali 213) from Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 18.00. In addition to the work of art, the opportunity to discover such a suggestive place as the Archive and the beauty of a walk in the warm historic center should not be underestimated.
Antonio Biasiucci is an artist originally from Dragoni (Caserta) where he was born in 1961. He moved to Naples in 1980, and there he began a work on spaces and urban suburbs and at the same time a work on his own origins, dedicated to his native country. In 1984 he collaborated with the Vesuvius Observatory, while from 1987 to 1993 he collaborated with Antonio Neiwiller, actor and theater director.
IHis work has primarily focused on Southern culture, while recently transitioning to the primary elements of existence. Among the various awards: the prize “European Kodak Panorama” (1992), the "Kraszna/Krausz Photography Book Awards” (2005) The state of things (2004) The Bastianelli Award(2004). There have been numerous personal and collective exhibitions, festivals and national and international exhibitions. He has collaborated on various editorial projects, including The Anchor of the Mediterranean, of Naples (from 2000 to 2004) and has participated in important cultural initiatives of a social nature.
