Pendulum

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PENDULUM

Stefania Orfanidou

Photographic project

Pendulum is the visual approach of a return journey to the city of L'Aquila in central Italy. In 2009 a strong earthquake destroyed the city and caused an open wound on its body. I moved there a few years after the disaster, in order to work as an architect in the reconstruction of the city, but in reality it was a return to the place where my parents met in 1977, to my fictitious roots. During my stay, I experienced the post-seismic terrain in a very bizarre way. The sense of familiarity I had developed in my fainted childhood memory collided with the uncanny new condition the city was in. The quake's vibrations and its resonance created a rupture in my memory. I tried to heal this rupture by capturing photographically its imprints and its aftermath, as a process of re-writing this place in my memory, as a personal quest to restore my relationship with L'Aquila.

https://www.stefaniaorfanidou.com/Pendulum

Edition of 200
Self-published
Athens, Greece 2019
ISBN 978-618-00-0856-2

19 x 28 cm
96 pages
44 color images
Offset printing
Softcover
Swiss binding

Photographs: Stefania Orfanidou
Texts: Stefania Orfanidou, Panos Bourlessas
Language: English, Italian
Graphic design: Charis Karantzas / Blind Studio
Stefania Orfanidou

Book available at:
> Το Rodakio Editions / Fotagogos, Kolokotroni 59b & Limbona, 10560, Athens, Greece
> Zoetrope, Kimolou 17, 11362, Athens, Greece
> Μυθιστορία, Vafopoulou 20,Thessaloniki 546 46
> Polarville, Via Castello, 49, 67100 L'Aquila AQ, Italy
> Leporello, Via del Pigneto, 162/e Rome, Italy

or via direct contact at stefania.orfanidou@gmail.com