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Tarantismo : Odyssey of an Italian Ritual
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$70.00
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FLEE Project 002
Book + 2 vinyl LPs
Female hysteria, exorcism, and music as a cure. In front of Chiara Samugheo (Pier Paolo Pasolini's photographer)'s lens, the suffered ones take on a fictional charm of the Neorealismo, yet the suffer is true. Tarantismo : Odyssey of an Italian Ritual dusts off the almost terrifying elements to Pizzica, the antique music used to heal people suffering from poisonous spider bite, by presenting a contemporary attempt to reflect on this extraordinary phenomenon involving frenetic rhythms and maniac dancing.
The publication gathers contributions by artists, sociologists, anthropologists, scientists, and priests, and features a large ensemble of photographs. With nine essays focusing on various dimensions of the ritual, this bilingual publication gives the voice to artists, photographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and catholic priests.
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In 1954, commissioned by Italian newspaper Le Ore, Chiara Samugheo travelled to Galatina, Apulia for a photo-reportage on the "Tarantate," most notably women, suffering from tarantism.
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The "Myth of Saint Paul" was created around tarantism as "a divine intervention, a miracle."
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Still from 2001 film Sangue Vivo, directed by Edoardo Winspeare, who has been pivotal in defining the cinematographic aesthetic of tarantism.
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Untitled,
installation with leccese stone, galvanized iron with powder coating, book, photographic paper, 168*44cm
Pamela Diamante for FLEE, 2019
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as record label, publishing house, and exhibition organizer
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Graphic & Editorial: Sixuan Tong
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