During the past three years as a graduate student, I have experienced loneliness. Having recently
emigrated from Italy, I have often asked myself why I am experiencing such hard times adjusting to a different country.
emigrated from Italy, I have often asked myself why I am experiencing such hard times adjusting to a different country.
My thesis explores this question. Referring to Marc Augé’s idea of non-place, I have chosen a geographical and spatial starting point to approach my work. Italian cities are built around the central piazza where social, political, and economic life revolves.
With my photograph, I depict American spaces that lack specific location and create solitude within the urban corridors. In my videos, I wander “in-between spaces,” to symbolize my experience of
loneliness as a foreigner. Private feelings, such as loneliness, are paradoxes that we all share, no
matter where we come from. I attempt to engage with people, breaking the cultural barriers of
speaking a different language.
loneliness as a foreigner. Private feelings, such as loneliness, are paradoxes that we all share, no
matter where we come from. I attempt to engage with people, breaking the cultural barriers of
speaking a different language.
