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The photography book cover of Solastalgia by Marina Vitaglione. Hardback with a blue, white and black speckled cover.
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by Marina vitaglione

Solastalgia

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Solastalgia by Marina Vitaglione. First edition first impression in new condition. Flat signed by Marina Vitaglione to title page. No markings. This is a brand new book. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

About Solastalgia

Coined by the Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht in 2003, the neologism ‘solastalgia’ refers to the existential distress caused by environmental disruptions such as climate change or the loss of biodiversity. As opposed to nostalgia, this form of homesickness is felt when one is still at home.

Venice is the city in Europe most at threat from climate change. Its fragile foundations and buildings are slowly being eroded and damaged by water, as a result of sea-level rise, land subsidence, and maritime pollution caused by large cruise ships. Since 1897, the water-level has risen by nearly 30cm (11.8in), sparking 'extreme concern' in July 2016 from the UNESCO World Heritage Site committee about the 'ongoing transformations threatening irreversible changes to the overall relationship between the city and its lagoon'.

Speculating on the outcome of this critical ecological issue, this docufiction imagines a narrative in which the lagoon city chronicles its own disappearance, through poetic journal entries and altered photographs. It is a Venice deserted by its inhabitants and slowly submerged under water that melancholically recalls what once made its grandeur. The film negatives of the photographs were soaked in Adriatic seawater for different periods of time ranging from a day to several weeks, before being air-dried and scanned. The pictures become increasingly ruined by this process as one advances through the book—the water deteriorates the images over time and, in kind, the city.

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