Paolo Ciregia

Propaganda has always been part of war activities, as it represents a strictly conveyed and reflected communication medium that can guide and control the thought of masses of individuals through the legitimacy of the war, which is represented as a spectacular and necessary event, through the creation of heroes and the demonization of the enemy.

In this work, the artist re-elaborates the typical language of propaganda, at times acting on photos of indistinctly Nazi, Fascist and Communist propaganda newspapers, twisting the artifact message, at other times simply by revealing the crudity of elements already present with very narrow close-ups, revealing eloquent details and disturbing particulars.

Extrapolated from its cultural and historical context, propaganta is no longer “reassuring and positive”, but on the contrary, it loses its false and arrogant patina, reveals the atrocities hidden behind the war and insinuates in the spectator the doubt that still today ‘Information and freedom of expression are being conveyed and controlled by the media, in a way that is less explicit and more subtle, but no less conditioning.
(Giulia Guidi)

Project presented in Giovane Fotografia Italiana #05 | LOOP

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