Altars of Imagination

In 2021, I relocated to the Netherlands, carrying only a suitcase and backpack due to limited space. This meant leaving behind many of my childhood memories.

In 2021, I relocated to the Netherlands, carrying only a suitcase and backpack due to limited space.
This meant leaving behind many of my childhood memories. Growing up with a large family photographic archive, I found myself in a foreign country with no memories.
So I decided to go in search of new images and create my Dutch family archive.
During my three years in the Netherlands, I collected archive material from different sources and created new memories. As I had no historical reference, I went to re-contextualise the collected photographs, placing them in imaginative contexts. In these fantastic places, where everything is possible, I gave shape to my memories of a Dutch family.

Altars of Imagination was born from the urge to construct memories in an unknown country with the intention of feeling at home again.

Altars of Imagination by Maria Vittoria Desiato

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