Claude Bunny Massassa is a contemporary artist from Gabon. She created Bunny Studio in 2016, a start-up dedicated to photography production, which became DWABI Studio in 2021. As an artist, she has represented Gabon in many international exhibitions in Senegal, Uganda, France, the United States, and Italy. In her art, she denounces social stigmas around issues of identity and mental health, and explores themes of traditions and myths.
Executive Director Kimberly Aceves- Iñiguez has been passionately committed for over 20 years to social justice organizing and advocacy efforts that bring voice and power to youth, LGBTQ people, people of color, and working-class communities in the Bay Area. Before coming on as the Executive Director for RYSE, Kimberly served as the Executive Director for Youth Together, the founding organization of the RYSE Center.
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal is one of the co-founders of RYSE and currently acts as the Associate Director. She supports and guides the implementation and integration of healing-centered practices, grounded in racial justice and liberation, and also develops, promotes, and advocates for policies, investments, practices, and research that enliven healing, justice, and liberation. Kanwarpal believes that the purpose of her work and life is to contribute to movements, communities, and legacies of liberation that honor the ancestors who fought for her existence and survival, and to forge a world that is just and gentle for future generations.
Sagal Ali is the founder and executive director of SAF. After a few years in her career in heritage protection in the cultural sector, she decided to develop the initiative to directly support young creatives in Somalia by launching her own foundation. She hopes to bridge the social gaps and inequalities women face in Somalia, both in society and in the arts scene.
Co-founders Catherine Dunga and Marleen Palmaers created Kitambo to bridge the gap between the African diaspora in Colombia and the narratives from the continent. From Kinshasa and Antwerp respectively, they work to connect African artists from the continent and their peers from the Colombian diaspora.
Martha Kazungu is a curator, art Historian and Founder of Njabala Foundation, an organization that curates periodic exhibitions and organizes a public program of activities to create a safe space for female artists to thrive and blossom.
Alicia Hansen is a photographer and teacher from New York. She founded NYC SALT in 2008 and, beyond teaching valuable creative skills to her students, has developed a long-term support system to uplift them through school and into their early artistic careers.
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Forced Displacement Today: A Matter of Humanity
This text is drawn from the Martini Lecture Bicocca delivered by Filippo Grandi at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca in Milan on 22 March 2019.
Interview with Rasha Deeb
Roberto Casati
Emergency Creativity for a Paradigm Shift
Federico Alcaro
COLOPHON
Edited by
Anna Jäger
Art direction & design
Luca Bogoni
Texts by
Federico Alcaro, Luca Berta and Francesca Giubilei, Roberto Casati, Rasha Deeb, Anthony Downey, Liryc Dela Cruz, Filippo Grandi, Anna Jäger, Fabrice Monteiro, Simon Njami, Caterina Pecchioli, Maria Sebregondi
Photos by
Raffaelle Bellezza, Irene Fanizza (Post Past), Rocco Soldini, Colin Delfosse, Richard Mosse, Dominic Nahr, Elena Dorfman, Markel Redondo, Roland Schönbauer, Socrates Baltagiannis
Moleskine Foundation editorial team
Elena Korzhenevich
Daniele Carlini
Cover image
Christian Boltanski, Mer Dorée (detail), 2017–2019
Photo by Francesco Allegretto
Courtesy of the artis
A special thank you to the organisations and individuals who have signed the message written by AtWorkers and brought to Barcolana: Vittorio Malingri, Ambrogio Beccaria, Matteo Miceli, Giovanni Soldini, Hamed Ahmadi, Nation25, Associazione Italiana Giovani per l’UNESCO, DLV BBDO, Freel, Tree, Venice Art Factory, Atelier Trame Libere, Puntoseta, Progetto Agata Smeralda Onlus, FUM Studio, Talking Hands, Fashion Revolution Italia, Cantina Vintinove, Anna Barbara, SenseLab, Ashoka, Comitato Pace Convivenza e Solidarietà Danilo Dolci di Trieste, Ristorante Joia Trieste.
Special thanks to
Fabrice Monteiro for the contribution to the
Moleskine Foundation Collection
Printed by
Galli Thierry stampa, Milan
Publication partner
UNHCR
Paper Favini’s paper Shiro Echo with 100% recycled fibre, using vegetable-based ink, 100% IPA FREE.
Published by
Moleskine Foundation ETS
Milan, Italy, April 2020
ISBN 978-88-944501-2-5
© Moleskine Foundation, 2020
www.moleskinefoundation.org
Thank you to all the participants of AtWork Venice workshop, the partnering organizations, and a personal thank you to: Hamed Ahmadi, Raffaele Bellezza, Alberto Bobbio, Loris Bonamassa, Laura Clarke, Arianna Gandolfi, Irene Fanizza, Francesca Giubilei, Giovanna Li Perni, Massimo Maggiore, Barbara Molinario, Melissa Morozzo, Fabio Naccari, Cristina Pittarello, Laura Principi, Virginia Ryan, Silvia Salvadori, Carlotta Sami, Cristina Scateni, Rocco Soldini, Nina Stricker, BBDO Milano, Save the Children Milano, Civico Zero Milano, Civico Zero Torino, Talking Hands, Refugees Welcome Italia, Orient Experience, Cartoleria Belle Arti San Trovaso, Azienda Bonaventura Maschio, Sandro Bravin, Pasquale Sorrentino, Venice Art Factory, Kleronia sailing boat crew and Fabio Rosciglione, Maria Sebregondi, Roberto Di Puma, Francesco Franceschi, Flora Forte.
A version of Anthony Downey’s essay “Scopic Reflection”, was originally commissioned and published for Richard Mosse: Incoming, The Curve, 15 February – 23 April 2017, Barbican, London.The editors and author would like to clarify that Downey’s essay was not written in relation to or in conjunction with the exhibition Rothko in Lampedusa. It is included here to give further context to Mosse’s practice rather than the specific contents of this volume.
