The exhibition presents a selection of photographs from Revelation, the new project by Lorenzo Meloni. For over a decade, Meloni has documented contemporary conflicts, developing a visual language that goes beyond the boundaries of journalism and produces images layered with political, social and symbolic meanings. By following the traces left by war on places and people, his work has examined violence not only as an event, but also as a historical and material process capable of shaping landscapes, architecture and communities.

In the course of his visual research, Meloni, an Italian photographer and a member of Magnum Photos, travels thousands of kilometres across Europe, exploring industrial and technological hubs, research centres, energy networks, decommissioned mines and landscapes marked by profound environmental and economic transformations.

Derived from the Greek apokálypsis, meaning “unveiling”, the title of the project refers to the act of making visible what normally remains hidden. More than describing individual places or phenomena, Revelation invites viewers to observe the connections between economic processes, technological development and environmental change, bringing to light the tensions and contradictions that run through our time and questioning the ideas of progress and development that have shaped the contemporary world.

Revelation shows how control over resources, energy and technologies is profoundly intertwined with contemporary forms of domination that fuel wars and instability. At the same time, the exhibition opens up the possibility of alternative imaginings. It is precisely within this space that EMERGENCY recognises a profound affinity with its own daily work.

EMERGENCY was founded to provide care and assistance to the direct and indirect victims of contemporary wars, 90% of whom are civilians. Our experience of providing care within war, and its consequences, has always led us to affirm the need to build a different world, to promote a culture of peace based on care, equal rights, and the rejection of war as an inevitable destiny. Revelation invites us to look at what often remains invisible, but also to exercise a form of thinking capable of imagining more just and sustainable futures.

The project is part of EMERGENCY’s R1PUD1A campaign. Inspired by Article 11 of the Italian Constitution, the R1PUD1A campaign aims to build a community open to all individuals and groups who share a belief in the rejection of war, respect for human rights and nonviolence, and who want to put these principles into practice.
EMERGENCY aims to turn this rejection into concrete action through the launch of the appeal “Io obietto!” [“I object!”]. More than 80,000 people have already signed via ripudia.it. Signing means publicly declaring a refusal to use weapons and an unwillingness to adhere to a logic of war, and to call for the full respect of Article 11 of the Constitution and all constitutional principles.
A real and tangible commitment to building a community of peace.

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