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Giovanni Marrozzini

Echi

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“Transmitting from a house in Argentina lit in the night that makes the Atlantic distance the nearest memory and no photograph will be enough for us.” Text by Giovanna Calvenzi.


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Argentina, a word that awakens deep memories in people who have never moved away from Italy. Recalling melodies, faces, landscapes, parts of history far away and yet so near. A...

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  • ISBN: 9788862080880
  • Language: English / Italian / Spanish
  • Pages: 96
  • Illustrations: 60
  • Binding: Hardbound
  • Release: Spring 2008
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Argentina, a word that awakens deep memories in people who have never moved away from Italy. Recalling melodies, faces, landscapes, parts of history far away and yet so near. A real brotherhood, made up of blood and shared culture, mutual homesickness. Giovanni Marrozzini had to contend with this nostalgia some years ago while working on a long project which he named “Hotel Argentina” dedicated to a country which he did not want to write about but only to “go through it and beyond the tango, Maradona’s goals... a long journey through time and the centuries, through the gloom of the past times with the imagination of a future”. These are some of the sentences on his website, and he himself writes: “I saw Argentina for the first time as a large hotel with many rooms and in each room a story. The concept of just writing a report was too belittling according to me and I had to build my own story, connecting three pictures together, three moments of the same reality”. Whenever he met those Italians from Argentina who asked thousands of questions, and their constant need to know and not to know what had become of their native country, and in which way their city or that of their parents had changed. He returned to Argentina in March 2007 to start a new project “Echi”, this time in search of all those who had left Fermo many years before, from the Marches, to shape their own future beyond the Atlantic Ocean. His own journey of thirty thousands miles took three and a half months, travelling by plane, bus and car. Meeting these migrants he listened to their personal stories and was able to compile an accurate report on the phenomenon of migration. He met about thirty people and his images werebuilt from their tales. The project no longer provides a vision of their faces or their homes, but the reconstruction of situations engraved in their memory. The report becomes a novel, written by many hands, an unpredictable story, born from the memories of others. Giovanna Calvenzi

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  • Description

    Argentina, a word that awakens deep memories in people who have never moved away from Italy. Recalling melodies, faces, landscapes, parts of history far away and yet so near. A real brotherhood, made up of blood and shared culture, mutual homesickness. Giovanni Marrozzini had to contend with this nostalgia some years ago while working on a long project which he named “Hotel Argentina” dedicated to a country which he did not want to write about but only to “go through it and beyond the tango, Maradona’s goals... a long journey through time and the centuries, through the gloom of the past times with the imagination of a future”. These are some of the sentences on his website, and he himself writes: “I saw Argentina for the first time as a large hotel with many rooms and in each room a story. The concept of just writing a report was too belittling according to me and I had to build my own story, connecting three pictures together, three moments of the same reality”. Whenever he met those Italians from Argentina who asked thousands of questions, and their constant need to know and not to know what had become of their native country, and in which way their city or that of their parents had changed. He returned to Argentina in March 2007 to start a new project “Echi”, this time in search of all those who had left Fermo many years before, from the Marches, to shape their own future beyond the Atlantic Ocean. His own journey of thirty thousands miles took three and a half months, travelling by plane, bus and car. Meeting these migrants he listened to their personal stories and was able to compile an accurate report on the phenomenon of migration. He met about thirty people and his images werebuilt from their tales. The project no longer provides a vision of their faces or their homes, but the reconstruction of situations engraved in their memory. The report becomes a novel, written by many hands, an unpredictable story, born from the memories of others. Giovanna Calvenzi


  • Shipping

    Shipments are made worldwide by express courier.

    Delivery is expected within 7 working days after registration of payment.

    Shipping costs vary depending on the weight of the shipment and the country of destination, and are calculated automatically when the order is placed.


  • Return and refund

    Pursuant to Article 5 of Legislative Decree No. 185 of 22 May 1999, if the customer is a consumer (i.e. a natural person who purchases goods for purposes not related to his or her professional activity, or who makes a purchase by omitting a VAT number from the order form), he or she has the right to withdraw from the purchase contract for any reason whatsoever, without the need to provide explanations and without any penalty, within 14 working days from the day of receipt of the goods.

    The right of withdrawal shall be exercised by sending, within the aforementioned term, a written notice to the geographical address of the supplier's registered office by means of a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The communication may also be sent, again within the same deadline, by means of a PEC or facsimile.
    The consumer shall enclose with the communication all the references of the order (order date, order number, precise references identifying the party concerned, company or private individual.
    The goods you wish to return must be undamaged and in their original packaging.

    The consumer must also supplement the communication with his or her complete bank details in order to obtain reimbursement of the sums paid (current account number, ABI and CAB, CIN code; for foreign countries, the BIC and IBAN codes), which will be carried out as quickly as possible and in any case within fourteen days of the date on which the supplier became aware of the consumer's exercise of the right of withdrawal. As the only charge for exercising the right of withdrawal, the consumer shall bear the direct cost of returning the goods. In the case of payment by credit card, the sums shall be returned net of bank commission charges (2.5%).

    In the event of a dispute, reference will be made to the competent court.